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| 1 | 1 | 86R12744 SCL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: J. Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 2376 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the award of attorney's fees in certain civil actions. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 38.006, Civil Practice and Remedies | |
| 10 | 10 | Code, is repealed. | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 2. The repeal of Section 38.006, Civil Practice and | |
| 12 | 12 | Remedies Code, by this Act applies only to a cause of action that | |
| 13 | 13 | accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. A cause of | |
| 14 | 14 | action that accrues before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 15 | 15 | governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective | |
| 16 | 16 | date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that | |
| 17 | 17 | purpose. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 19 | 19 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 20 | 20 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 21 | 21 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |