996 S.W.2d at 2-3. 17 . See Curbo, 998 S.W.2d at 342. 18 . See Mayhew v. Town of Sunnyvale, 964 S.W.2d 922, 928 (Tex.1998), cert. denied, 526 U.S. 1144, 119 S.Ct. 2018, 143 L.Ed.2d 1030 (1999); Carter, 996 S.W.2d at 2. 19 . University of Tex. Med. Branch v. Hohman, 6 S.W.3d 767, 771 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1999, pet. dism’d w.o.j.) (op. on reh’g). 20 . Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §§ 554.001-.010 (Vernon Supp.2000). 21 . See id. § 554.002(a). 22 . Id. § 554.0035; see also Hohman, 6 S.W.3d at 772 (noting that the Act contains waiver of State's sovereign immunity). 23 . See Tarrant County v. Bivins, 936 S.W.2d 419, 421 (Tex.App.—Fort Worth 1996, no writ). 24 . See Hohman, 6 S.W.3d at 772. 25 . See Jansen v. Fitzpatrick, 14 S.W.3d 426, 433 (Tex.App.—Houston [14 th Dist.] 2000, no pet.) (<HOLDING>); Curbo, 998 S.W.2d at 342. 26 . Tex. Gov’t
holding that a court may consider materials outside the pleadings to determine its jurisdiction holding that a trial court entered judgment on the pleadings where the decision did not depend on any document outside the pleadings holding that because trial court did not lack jurisdiction from face of plaintiffs pleadings it was incumbent upon defendant challenging jurisdiction to assert and prove that allegations in pleadings were fraudulent either by filing affidavits and discovery products or by calling live witnesses to testify holding that the court can look beyond the face of the pleadings in order to find predicate jurisdictional facts when deciding a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction holding that in a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction a court may resolve disputed factual issues by reference to evidence outside the pleadings including affidavits