83R9249 SCL-F
By: Klick H.B. No. 1558
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to awarding attorney's fees to an insured who prevails in
an action against an insurer for uninsured or underinsured motorist
coverage.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1952, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Section 1952.111 to read as follows:
Sec. 1952.111. ATTORNEY'S FEES. An insured may recover
reasonable attorney's fees in an action against an insurer in
relation to the coverage provided under this subchapter, including
an action to enforce that coverage, if the insured is the prevailing
party.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an action for an
insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or
after January 1, 2014. An action for a policy delivered, issued for
delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2014, is governed by the law
as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.