| 1 | 1 | | 85R8203 LED-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Oliveira H.B. No. 2057 |
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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 liability of certain political subdivisions in certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | workers' compensation actions. |
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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 504.053(e), Labor Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (e) Nothing in this chapter waives sovereign immunity or |
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| 13 | 13 | | creates a new cause of action, except that a political subdivision |
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| 14 | 14 | | that self-insures either individually or collectively is liable for |
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| 15 | 15 | | attorney's fees as provided by Section 417.003. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Section 504.053, Labor Code, as amended by this |
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| 17 | 17 | | Act, applies only to a third-party action under Chapter 417, Labor |
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| 18 | 18 | | Code, commenced on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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| 19 | 19 | | third-party action under Chapter 417, Labor Code, commenced before |
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| 20 | 20 | | the effective date of this Act is governed by the law applicable to |
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| 21 | 21 | | the action immediately before the effective date of this Act, and |
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| 22 | 22 | | that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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