Sec. 1001.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. (a) The district is: (1) a public entity performing an essential public function; and (2) a body politic and corporate. (b) The functions of the district are governmental and public. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2007.