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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the award of attorney's fees to a financial institution |
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that answers a writ of garnishment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 276.002, Finance Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) Notwithstanding the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure or |
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any other law, if a financial institution timely files an answer to |
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a writ of garnishment, a court may not award attorney's fees to the |
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financial institution unless the garnishor unsuccessfully contests |
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the answer. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a writ of garnishment issued on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |