Texas Insurance Code

§ 703.101 — DETERMINATION OF EXPENSES

IN § 703.101Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part F. INSURANCE FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT · Ch. 703. COVERED ENTITY'S ANTIFRAUD ACTION · Art. C. EXPENSES OF ANTIFRAUD ACTION

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(a)The court that certifies an action as an antifraud action by order may determine the amount of reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in bringing the action, including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, witness fees, fees of experts, and deposition expenses.

(b)In making the determination, the court may consider the contribution to the action of any person, including a state agency, that has intervened in the action.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.