| 1 | 1 | | 84R12096 GRM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Walle H.B. No. 3400 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to parties who may bring suit under the Texas Free |
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| 8 | 8 | | Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 15.21, Business & Commerce Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (d) A person whose business or property has been injured by |
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| 13 | 13 | | reason of any conduct prohibited or declared unlawful by this |
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| 14 | 14 | | chapter may sue another person as provided by this section, |
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| 15 | 15 | | regardless of whether the injured person dealt directly or |
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| 16 | 16 | | indirectly with the defendant. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 15.21(d), Business & Commerce Code, as |
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| 18 | 18 | | added by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that occurred |
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| 19 | 19 | | on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 21 | 21 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 22 | 22 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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