Bill Text: TX HB2416 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the recovery of attorney's fees as compensatory damages for certain claims.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB2416 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2416-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2416 |
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relating to the recovery of attorney's fees as compensatory damages | ||
for certain claims. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 38.0015 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.0015. RECOVERY OF ATTORNEY'S FEES AS COMPENSATORY | ||
DAMAGES. (a) A person may recover reasonable attorney's fees from | ||
an individual, corporation, or other entity from which recovery is | ||
permitted under Section 38.001 as compensatory damages for breach | ||
of a construction contract as defined by Section 130.001. | ||
(b) This section may not be construed to create or imply a | ||
private cause of action or independent basis to recover attorney's | ||
fees. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2416 was passed by the House on May | ||
14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2416 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |