By Nixon                                              H.B. No. 1147
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                                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.