Tex. Gov't Code § 2001.903 · Subchapter Z. MISCELLANEOUS
RECOVERY OF ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS IN CONTESTED CASES INVOLVING FRIVOLOUS REGULATORY ACTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The administrative law judge in a contested case may award a person, in addition to all other costs allowed by law or rule, an amount not to exceed $1 million for reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in defending against a frivolous regulatory action during the case if there is no judicial review of the decision in the case and:
(1) the person prevails in the case; and
(2) there is a final determination that the regulatory action is frivolous.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 504 (S.B. 27), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2001.htm
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- sha256 0868dd61cbf0abb84d30e82f985920b7bcec2ba4b5607c7ff97a940486712902
- Composed by
- 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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