Bill Text: TX SB1821 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed

Texas Senate Bill 1821 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to procurement of a contingent fee contract for legal services by certain governmental entities.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Effective immediately [SB1821 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1821-Engrossed.html



	By: Huffman	S.B. No. 1821


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to procurement of a contingent fee contract for legal
	services by certain governmental entities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 2254.101(2), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(2) "Contingent fee contract" means a contract for
	legal services under which the amount or the payment of the fee for
	the services is contingent in whole or in part on the outcome of the
	matter for which the services were obtained. The term includes an
	amendment to a contract for legal services described by this
	subdivision if the amendment:
	(A) changes the scope of representation; or
	(B) may result in:
	(i) the filing of an action; or
	(ii) the amending of a petition in an
	existing action.
	SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	a contract or contract amendment entered into on or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	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, 2021.