By: Kolkhorst, Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 949
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a limitation on the amount of attorney's fees awarded in
  a case assigned to a special three-judge district court.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 22A, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Section 22A.0055 to read as follows:
         Sec. 22A.0055.  ATTORNEY'S FEES.  In a case assigned to a
  special three-judge district court under this chapter and in any
  related case consolidated with the case before the court, the court
  may not award attorney's fees in an amount that exceeds $250,000.
         SECTION 2.  Section 22A.0055, Government Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a case assigned to a special three-judge
  district court on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  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.