Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 105.001 · Chapter 105. FRIVOLOUS CLAIM OR REGULATORY ACTION BY STATE AGENCY
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Fees and other expenses" means:
(A) the reasonable expenses of witnesses incurred in preparing to testify or in attending or testifying;
(B) a reasonable fee for the professional services of an expert witness; and
(C) the reasonable costs of a study, analysis, engineering report, test, or other project the court finds to be necessary for the preparation of the party's case.
(2) "Party" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or public or private organization other than a state agency.
(3) "State agency" means a board, commission, department, office, or other agency that:
(A) is in the executive branch of state government;
(B) was created by the constitution or a statute of this state; and
(C) has statewide jurisdiction.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.105.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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