Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1		-	By: Hancock S.B. No. 877
2		-	(Oliveira)
	1	+	S.B. No. 877
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5		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	4		AN ACT
7	5		relating to liability of certain political subdivisions in certain
8	6		workers' compensation actions.
9	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	8		SECTION 1. Section 504.053(e), Labor Code, is amended to
11	9		read as follows:
12	10		(e) Nothing in this chapter waives sovereign immunity or
13	11		creates a new cause of action, except that a political subdivision
14	12		that self-insures either individually or collectively is liable for
15	13		attorney's fees as provided by Section 417.003.
16	14		SECTION 2. Section 504.053, Labor Code, as amended by this
17	15		Act, applies only to a third-party action under Chapter 417, Labor
18	16		Code, commenced on or after the effective date of this Act. A
19	17		third-party action under Chapter 417, Labor Code, commenced before
20	18		the effective date of this Act is governed by the law applicable to
21	19		the action immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
22	20		that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
23	21		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
	22	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	23	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	24	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 877 passed the Senate on
	25	+	April 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	26	+	______________________________
	27	+	Secretary of the Senate
	28	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 877 passed the House on
	29	+	May 17, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 2, two
	30	+	present not voting.
	31	+	______________________________
	32	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	33	+	Approved:
	34	+	______________________________
	35	+	Date
	36	+	______________________________
	37	+	Governor