Bill Text: TX SB2197 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the jurisdiction of county attorneys to file price gouging lawsuits in a declared emergency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to State Affairs [SB2197 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2197-Introduced.html
| By: Alvarado | S.B. No. 2197 | |
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| relating to the jurisdiction of county attorneys to file price | ||
| gouging lawsuits in a declared emergency. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 17.46a to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 17.46a. COUNTY ATTORNEY AUTHORITY TO FILE ACTION | ||
| REGARDING PRICE GOUGING IN A DECLARED EMERGENCY. A county attorney | ||
| has concurrent jurisdiction with the attorney general to pursue an | ||
| action under Sec. 17.46(b)(27). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 17.46a, Business & Commerce Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that accrued | ||
| before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action that | ||
| accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | ||
| applicable to the cause of action immediately before that date, 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, 2023. | ||
