Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. Line and page numbers may not match official copy. By: Haywood S.B. No. 889 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the recovery of attorney's fees under the Uniform 1-2 Declaratory Judgment Act. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 37.009, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, 1-5 is amended to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 37.009. Costs. In any proceeding under this chapter, 1-7 the court may award costs and reasonable and necessary attorney's 1-8 fees as are equitable and just. Nothing under this Section 1-9 authorizes an award of costs and attorney's fees against any 1-10 governmental unit as that term is defined in Section 101.001 of 1-11 this Code. 1-12 SECTION 2. This Act applies to all cases in the judicial 1-13 process without regard to whether they are filed on, after, or 1-14 before the effective date of this Act. 1-15 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-16 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.