Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB949 Latest Draft

Bill / House Committee Report Version Filed 02/02/2025

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                            By: Kolkhorst, et al. S.B. No. 949
 (Schofield)


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to a limitation on the amount of attorney's fees awarded in
 a case assigned to a special three-judge district court.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Chapter 22A, Government Code, is amended by
 adding Section 22A.0055 to read as follows:
 Sec. 22A.0055.  ATTORNEY'S FEES.  In a case assigned to a
 special three-judge district court under this chapter and in any
 related case consolidated with the case before the court, the court
 may not award attorney's fees in an amount that exceeds $250,000.
 SECTION 2.  Section 22A.0055, Government Code, as added by
 this Act, applies only to a case assigned to a special three-judge
 district court 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, 2017.