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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment of attorneys' fee liens in certain workers' |
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compensation benefit matters. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 408.203, Labor Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a), part (1) to read as follows: |
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(1) an attorney's fee for representing an employee or |
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legal beneficiary in a matter arising under this subtitle;, payment |
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of which shall be made in equal shares to each attorney with an |
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outstanding lien; |
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SECTION 2. Section 408.221, Labor Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (i) to read as follows: |
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(i) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or Section |
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408.147(c), anall attorney's fee may not exceed 25 percent of the |
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claimant's recovery. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009, and |
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applies only to legal fees for a claim for workers' compensation |
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benefits based on a compensable injury that occurs on or after that |
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date. Legal fees for a claim based on a compensable injury that |
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occurs before that date are governed by the law in effect on the |
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date that the compensable injury occurred, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |