85R10029 CJC-F     By: Shine H.B. No. 2669       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to remedies in certain taxpayer suits against the state.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 112, Tax Code, is amended   by adding Section 112.003 to read as follows:          Sec. 112.003.  ATTORNEY'S FEES. Notwithstanding any other   law, a court may not award attorney's fees in a suit against the   state, a state agency, or a state officer or employee that seeks   legal or equitable relief relating to the applicability,   assessment, collection, constitutionality, or amount of a tax or   fee imposed under this title or collected by the comptroller under   any law, including a local tax collected by the comptroller.          SECTION 2.  Section 112.108, Tax Code, is repealed.          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   an action that is commenced on or after the effective date of this   Act. An action commenced before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the action was commenced,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.