86R14236 AJA-D
 
  By: Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 4122
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the award of attorney's fees to a financial institution
  that answers a writ of garnishment.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 276.002, Finance Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
         (d-1)  Notwithstanding the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure or
  any other law, if a financial institution timely files an answer to
  a writ of garnishment, a court may not award attorney's fees to the
  financial institution unless the garnishor unsuccessfully contests
  the answer.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a writ of garnishment issued on or after the effective date of
  this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.