85R8203 LED-F     By: Oliveira H.B. No. 2057       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.