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AN ACT
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relating to the legislature's consent or approval of a settlement |
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of a claim or action against this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 111.003, Civil Practice |
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and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The attorney general or other attorney representing |
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this state may not enter into a settlement of a claim or action |
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against this state without the consent or approval of the |
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legislature in accordance with this chapter if the settlement: |
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(1) requires this state to pay total monetary damages |
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in an amount that exceeds $10,000,000 [$25,000,000] in a state |
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fiscal biennium; or |
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(2) commits this state to a course of action that in |
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reasonable probability will entail a continuing increased |
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expenditure of state funds over subsequent state fiscal bienniums. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies to any settlement of a claim or |
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action against this state on or after the effective date of this Act |
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without regard to whether the claim or action commenced before, on, |
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or after that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 899 passed the Senate on |
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April 4, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 899 passed the House on |
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May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |