86R12744 SCL-D
By: J. Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 2376
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the award of attorney's fees in certain civil actions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.006, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is repealed.
SECTION 2. The repeal of Section 38.006, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code, by this Act applies only to a cause of action that
accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. A cause of
action that accrues before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective
date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
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, 2019.