Bill Text: TX SB877 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to liability of certain political subdivisions in certain workers' compensation actions.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB877 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB877-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 877 |
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relating to liability of certain political subdivisions in certain | ||
workers' compensation actions. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 504.053(e), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(e) Nothing in this chapter waives sovereign immunity or | ||
creates a new cause of action, except that a political subdivision | ||
that self-insures either individually or collectively is liable for | ||
attorney's fees as provided by Section 417.003. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 504.053, Labor Code, as amended by this | ||
Act, applies only to a third-party action under Chapter 417, Labor | ||
Code, commenced on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
third-party action under Chapter 417, Labor Code, commenced 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 September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 877 passed the Senate on | ||
April 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 877 passed the House on | ||
May 17, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 2, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |