Bill Text: TX SB1950 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to damages in certain contract claims against the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-27 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1950 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1950-Introduced.html
85R8380 SCL-F | ||
By: Hughes | S.B. No. 1950 |
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relating to damages in certain contract claims against the state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2260.003, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), an award of damages | ||
under this chapter may include attorney's fees if: | ||
(1) the claim is for breach of a written contract for: | ||
(A) engineering, architectural, or construction | ||
services; or | ||
(B) materials related to the services described | ||
by Paragraph (A); and | ||
(2) the amount in controversy is less than $250,000, | ||
excluding penalties, costs, expenses, prejudgment interest, and | ||
attorney's fees. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2260.003, Government Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to an action filed on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. An action filed before the effective date of this | ||
Act is governed by the law applicable to the action immediately | ||
before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
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, 2017. |