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| 1 | 1 | 86R2976 SCL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hughes S.B. No. 471 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 38.001, Civil Practice and Remedies | |
| 10 | 10 | Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 38.001. RECOVERY OF ATTORNEY'S FEES. A person may | |
| 12 | 12 | recover reasonable attorney's fees from another person [an | |
| 13 | 13 | individual or corporation], in addition to the amount of a valid | |
| 14 | 14 | claim and costs, if the claim is for: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) rendered services; | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) performed labor; | |
| 17 | 17 | (3) furnished material; | |
| 18 | 18 | (4) freight or express overcharges; | |
| 19 | 19 | (5) lost or damaged freight or express; | |
| 20 | 20 | (6) killed or injured stock; | |
| 21 | 21 | (7) a sworn account; or | |
| 22 | 22 | (8) an oral or written contract. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 24 | 24 | to an award of attorney's fees in an action commenced on or after | |
| 25 | 25 | the effective date of this Act. An award of attorney's fees in an | |
| 26 | 26 | action commenced before the effective date of this Act is governed | |
| 27 | 27 | by the law applicable to the award immediately before the effective | |
| 28 | 28 | date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that | |
| 29 | 29 | purpose. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |