By Nixon H.B. No. 1147 77R380 DAK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to prejudgment interest for future damages. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 304, Finance Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 304.1045 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 304.1045. FUTURE DAMAGES. Prejudgment interest may not 1-7 be assessed or recovered on an award of future damages. 1-8 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-9 SECTION 3. This Act applies only to a suit that is commenced 1-10 on or after the effective date of this Act. A suit that is 1-11 commenced before the effective date of this Act is governed by the 1-12 law applicable to the suit immediately before the effective date of 1-13 this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.