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      87(R) SB 808 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text
      
		By:  Hughes
            S.B.  No.  808
         
            (Krause)
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 38.001, Civil Practice and Remedies 
         
            Code, is amended to read as follows:
         
                          Sec.  38.001.    RECOVERY OF ATTORNEY'S FEES.  A person may 
         
            recover reasonable attorney's fees from another person  [an 
         
            individual or corporation], in addition to the amount of a valid 
         
            claim and costs, if the claim is for:
         
                                      (1)    rendered services;
         
                                      (2)    performed labor;
         
                                      (3)    furnished material;
         
                                      (4)    freight or express overcharges;
         
                                      (5)    lost or damaged freight or express;
         
                                      (6)    killed or injured stock;
         
                                      (7)    a sworn account; or
         
                                      (8)    an oral or written contract.
         
                          SECTION  2.    Section 38.001, Civil Practice and Remedies 
         
            Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an award of attorney's 
         
            fees in an action commenced on or after the effective date of this 
         
            Act.  An award of attorney's fees in an action commenced before the 
         
            effective date of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the 
         
            award 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, 2021.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 38.001 Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Senate Committee Report: 38.001 Civil Practice and Remedies - Code
Engrossed: 38.001 Civil Practice and Remedies Code
House Committee Report: 38.001 Civil Practice and Remedies Code


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 38.001, Civil Practice and Remedies
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 38.001. RECOVERY OF ATTORNEY'S FEES. A person may
	recover reasonable attorney's fees from another person [an
	~~individual or corporation~~], in addition to the amount of a valid
	claim and costs, if the claim is for:
	(1) rendered services;
	(2) performed labor;
	(3) furnished material;
	(4) freight or express overcharges;
	(5) lost or damaged freight or express;
	(6) killed or injured stock;
	(7) a sworn account; or
	(8) an oral or written contract.
	SECTION 2. Section 38.001, Civil Practice and Remedies
	Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an award of attorney's
	fees in an action commenced on or after the effective date of this
	Act. An award of attorney's fees in an action commenced before the
	effective date of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the
	award 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, 2021.