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| 1 | 1 | 81R1403 AJA-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Leibowitz H.B. No. 3826 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to certain disputes involving residential construction | |
| 8 | 8 | projects employing undocumented workers. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 426.001, Property Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as | |
| 12 | 12 | follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (b-1) Chapters 426 through 429 do not apply to a dispute if: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) the builder or any subcontractor of the builder | |
| 15 | 15 | employs an undocumented worker for the construction project that is | |
| 16 | 16 | the subject of the dispute; and | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) the builder has registered 100 homes or more with | |
| 18 | 18 | the commission during the commission's preceding fiscal year. | |
| 19 | 19 | (c) For the purposes of this section: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) "Damage[, "damage] to goods" does not include | |
| 21 | 21 | damage to a home. | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) "Undocumented worker" means a person who is not | |
| 23 | 23 | lawfully entitled to be present and employed in the United States. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 25 | 25 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 26 | 26 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |