Bill Text: TX HB3119 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to contingent fee contracts for representation of local governments in certain environmental enforcement actions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-16 - Left pending in committee [HB3119 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3119-Introduced.html
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By: Burkett | H.B. No. 3119 |
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relating to contingent fee contracts for representation of local | ||
governments in certain environmental enforcement actions. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 7, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 7.359 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 7.359. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CONTINGENT FEE | ||
CONTRACTS. A local government that is a public agency as defined by | ||
Section 30.003 may not enter into a contingent fee contract as | ||
described by Section 2254.101, Government Code, for legal services | ||
associated with a civil suit brought under this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a civil suit under Subchapter H, Chapter 7, Water Code, that is | ||
filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A civil suit filed | ||
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
effect on the date the suit was filed, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |