| 1 | 1 | | By: Kolkhorst, et al. S.B. No. 949 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Schofield) |
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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 a limitation on the amount of attorney's fees awarded in |
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| 8 | 8 | | a case assigned to a special three-judge district court. |
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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. Chapter 22A, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Section 22A.0055 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 22A.0055. ATTORNEY'S FEES. In a case assigned to a |
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| 13 | 13 | | special three-judge district court under this chapter and in any |
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| 14 | 14 | | related case consolidated with the case before the court, the court |
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| 15 | 15 | | may not award attorney's fees in an amount that exceeds $250,000. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Section 22A.0055, Government Code, as added by |
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| 17 | 17 | | this Act, applies only to a case assigned to a special three-judge |
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| 18 | 18 | | district court on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 20 | 20 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 21 | 21 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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