84R12096 GRM-D
By: Walle H.B. No. 3400
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to parties who may bring suit under the Texas Free
Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 15.21, Business & Commerce Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A person whose business or property has been injured by
reason of any conduct prohibited or declared unlawful by this
chapter may sue another person as provided by this section,
regardless of whether the injured person dealt directly or
indirectly with the defendant.
SECTION 2. Section 15.21(d), Business & Commerce Code, as
added by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that occurred
on or after the effective date of this Act.
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.