{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2252.904","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2252.904","heading":"ATTORNEY'S FEES.","body":"(a) In this section:\n(1) \"Governmental contract\" means a contract awarded by a governmental entity for general construction, an improvement, a service, or a public works project or for a purchase of supplies, materials, or equipment.\n(2) \"Governmental entity\" means:\n(A) the state;\n(B) a municipality, county, public school district, or special-purpose district or authority;\n(C) a district, county, or justice of the peace court;\n(D) a board, commission, department, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government, including an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;\n(E) the legislature or a legislative agency; or\n(F) the Supreme Court of Texas, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, a court of appeals, or the State Bar of Texas or another judicial agency having statewide jurisdiction.\n(b) A governmental contract may not provide for the award of attorney's fees to the governmental entity in a dispute in which the entity prevails unless the contract provides for the award of attorney's fees to each other party to the contract if that party prevails in the dispute.\n(c) A contract provision that violates this section is void and unenforceable.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 466 (H.B. 1268), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE F. STATE AND LOCAL CONTRACTS AND FUND MANAGEMENT","CHAPTER 2252. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY","SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2252.htm#2252.904","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"09ae3a559001c3182dfb5dd3a411e9590bf966f8975fb7846c4a1c7679a5cd00","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2252.903","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2252.905"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}