By: Hancock S.B. No. 877
 
  (Oliveira)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to liability of certain political subdivisions in certain
  workers' compensation actions.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 504.053(e), Labor Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (e)  Nothing in this chapter waives sovereign immunity or
  creates a new cause of action, except that a political subdivision
  that self-insures either individually or collectively is liable for
  attorney's fees as provided by Section 417.003.
         SECTION 2.  Section 504.053, Labor Code, as amended by this
  Act, applies only to a third-party action under Chapter 417, Labor
  Code, commenced on or after the effective date of this Act.  A
  third-party action under Chapter 417, Labor Code, commenced before
  the effective date of this Act is governed by the law applicable to
  the action immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
  that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.