TITLE: Relating to the recovery of attorney's fees as compensatory damages for certain claims.

SUMMARY: Relating to the recovery of attorney's fees as compensatory damages for certain claims.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the recovery of attorney's fees as compensatory damages for certain claims. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 38.0015 to read as follows: Sec. 38.0015. RECOVERY OF ATTORNEY'S FEES AS COMPENSATORY DAMAGES. (a) A person may recover reasonable attorney's fees from an individual, corporation, or other entity from which recovery is permitted under Section 38.001 as compensatory damages for breach of a construction contract as defined by Section 130.001. (b) This section may not be construed to create or imply a private cause of action or independent basis to recover attorney's fees. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.