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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to publication by the attorney general of a contingent fee |
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contract for legal services for political subdivisions and related |
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information. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2254.1038(b), Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Within 90 days after receiving a contract from a |
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political subdivision, the attorney general: |
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(1) shall publish the contract and the information |
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filed under Subsection (a) related to the contract on the attorney |
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general's Internet website; and |
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(2) may: |
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(A) [(1)] approve the contract; |
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(B) [(2)] refuse to approve the contract because |
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the requirements of this subchapter were not fulfilled; or |
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(C) [(3)] refuse to approve the contract |
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because: |
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(i) [(A)] the legal matter that is the |
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subject of the contract presents one or more questions of law or |
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fact that are in common with a matter the state has already |
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addressed or is pursuing; and |
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(ii) [(B)] pursuit of the matter by the |
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political subdivision will not promote the just and efficient |
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resolution of the matter. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2254.1038(b), Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to a contract filed on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A contract filed before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |