Bill Text: TX HB1558 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to awarding attorney's fees to an insured who prevails in an action against an insurer for uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-25 - Referred to Insurance [HB1558 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1558-Introduced.html
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| By: Klick | H.B. No. 1558 | |
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| relating to awarding attorney's fees to an insured who prevails in | ||
| an action against an insurer for uninsured or underinsured motorist | ||
| coverage. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1952, Insurance Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1952.111 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1952.111. ATTORNEY'S FEES. An insured may recover | ||
| reasonable attorney's fees in an action against an insurer in | ||
| relation to the coverage provided under this subchapter, including | ||
| an action to enforce that coverage, if the insured is the prevailing | ||
| party. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an action for an | ||
| insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or | ||
| after January 1, 2014. An action for a policy delivered, issued for | ||
| delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2014, 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 September 1, 2013. | ||
