85R7045 AJA-D     By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 2476       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to approval by the comptroller of public accounts of   certain contingent fee legal services contracts entered into by   public agencies.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 403.0305, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 403.0305.  APPROVAL BY COMPTROLLER. A public agency as   defined under Section 30.003(3), Water Code, may not enter into a   contract as provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 2254, to bring a suit   under the Water Code in which the Texas Commission on Environmental   Quality is a necessary and indispensable party without review and   approval of the contract by the comptroller.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this   Act. A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act   is governed by the law applicable to the contract 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.