Section 2006.013 - Requirements for Recovery(a) In an administrative adjudicatory proceeding or a civil action resulting from a complaint issued by a state agency against a small business under the agency's administrative or regulatory functions, the small business may be awarded reasonable attorney fees and court costs if: (1) it is a small business at the time it becomes a party to the proceeding or action;(2) it prevails in the proceeding or action; and(3) the proceeding or action was groundless and brought:(B) for purposes of harassment.(b) For purposes of this section, a small business prevails in a proceeding or action if there is not: (1) an adjudication, stipulation, or acceptance of liability; or(2) a determination of noncompliance, violation, infringement, deficiency, or breach on the part of the small business.(c) A small business may not recover under this subchapter if the parties have executed a settlement agreement that, while not stipulating liability or violation, requires the small business to take corrective action or pay a monetary sum.Tex. Gov't. Code § 2006.013
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.