Bill Text: TX HB1428 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to procurement by a political subdivision of a contingent fee contract for legal services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-05-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1428 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1428-Engrossed.html

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87R16094 SCL-F
By: Huberty H.B. No. 1428

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to procurement by a political subdivision of a contingent
fee contract for legal services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2254.102(e), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(e) This subchapter does not apply to a contract for legal
services entered into by a political subdivision for the collection
of an obligation, as defined by Section 2107.001, that is
delinquent [under Section 6.30, Tax Code, Article 103.0031, Code of
Criminal Procedure,] or for services under Section 1201.027, [of
this code] except that Sections 2254.1032, 2254.1034, 2254.1036,
and 2254.1037 do apply to the contract. For purposes of this
subsection, an obligation does not include a fine or penalty that
results from an action by a political subdivision under Chapter 7,
Water Code.
SECTION 2. Section 2254.102(e), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the
effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect
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.