Texas § 119.007 REPRESENTATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.

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§ 119.007 — REPRESENTATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Texas § 119.007

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Tex. Natural Resources Code Code Ann. § 119.007 (2026).

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Sec. 119.007. REPRESENTATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.

(a)In this section, "state agency" includes:

(1)a department, commission, board, office, or other agency in the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of state government; and

(2)a university system or institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 , Education Code.

(b)A state agency may request the attorney general to represent the state agency in a legal proceeding that arises from an escape or migration of carbon dioxide captured or sequestered in connection with a clean coal project.

(c)If the attorney general declines to represent the state agency, the state agency may obtain outside counsel in accordance with Section 402.0212 , Government Code, and for purposes of that section, the attorney general's declination

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Sec. 119.007. REPRESENTATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) In this section, "state agency" includes:
(1) a department, commission, board, office, or other agency in the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of state government; and
(2) a university system or institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 , Education Code.
(b) A state agency may request the attorney general to represent the state agency in a legal proceeding that arises from an escape or migration of carbon dioxide captured or sequestered in connection with a clean coal project.
(c) If the attorney general declines to represent the state agency, the state agency may obtain outside counsel in accordance with Section 402.0212 , Government Code, and for purposes of that section, the attorney general's declination to represent the agency constitutes the attorney general's approval of the outside counsel for the matter.