Bill Text: TX SB367 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the review by the attorney general of invoices related to legal services provided to state agencies by outside counsel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB367 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB367-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 367 |
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relating to the review by the attorney general of invoices related | ||
to legal services provided to state agencies by outside counsel. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 402.0212, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (d), (e), | ||
and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(b) An invoice submitted to a state agency under a contract | ||
for legal services as described by Subsection (a) must be reviewed | ||
by the attorney general to determine whether the invoice is | ||
eligible for payment. | ||
(c) An attorney or law firm must pay an administrative fee | ||
to the attorney general for the review described in Subsection (b) | ||
when entering into a contract to provide legal services to a state | ||
agency. | ||
(d) For purposes of this section, the functions of a hearing | ||
examiner, administrative law judge, or other quasi-judicial | ||
officer are not considered legal services. | ||
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Authority division of the Texas Department of Transportation. | ||
(f) The attorney general may adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement and administer this section. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a contract for legal services between a state agency and a private | ||
attorney or law firm entered into on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. A contract for legal services between a state agency and | ||
a private attorney or law firm entered into before the effective | ||
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the | ||
contract was entered into, and the former 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, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 367 passed the Senate on | ||
March 16, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 367 passed the House on | ||
May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |