Bill Text: TX SB787 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the award of court costs and attorney's fees in actions to determine the applicability of certain local government regulations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-22 - Referred to State Affairs [SB787 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB787-Introduced.html
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| By: Huffman | S.B. No. 787 | |
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| relating to the award of court costs and attorney's fees in actions | ||
| to determine the applicability of certain local government | ||
| regulations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 245.006, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) A court may award court costs and reasonable and | ||
| necessary attorney's fees to the prevailing party in an action | ||
| under this chapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2017. | ||
