84R9537 SCL-F
By: Sheets H.B. No. 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to recovery of attorney's fees against veterinarians for
certain claims.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.006, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 38.006. EXCEPTIONS. (a) This chapter does not apply
to a contract issued by an insurer that is subject to the provisions
of:
(1) Title 11, Insurance Code;
(2) Chapter 541, Insurance Code;
(3) the Unfair Claim Settlement Practices Act
(Subchapter A, Chapter 542, Insurance Code); or
(4) Subchapter B, Chapter 542, Insurance Code.
(b) A person may not recover attorney's fees against a
veterinarian licensed under Chapter 801, Occupations Code, in a
claim for killed or injured stock resulting from veterinary
malpractice or negligence.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the cause of action
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.