By: Huffman  S.B. No. 1821          (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2021; March 26, 2021, read   first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;   April 8, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 8, 2021,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1821 By:  Huffman     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to procurement of a contingent fee contract for legal   services by certain governmental entities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2254.101(2), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:                (2)  "Contingent fee contract" means a contract for   legal services under which the amount or the payment of the fee for   the services is contingent in whole or in part on the outcome of the   matter for which the services were obtained. The term includes an   amendment to a contract for legal services described by this   subdivision if the amendment:                      (A)  changes the scope of representation; or                      (B)  may result in:                            (i)  the filing of an action; or                            (ii)  the amending of a petition in an   existing action.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a contract or contract amendment entered into on or after the   effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2021.     * * * * *