By: Vasut, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 2965
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2023;
May 11, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
Commerce; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain construction liability claims concerning
public buildings and public works.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2272, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 2272.0025 to read as follows:
Sec. 2272.0025. WAIVER PROHIBITED. This chapter may not be
waived. A purported waiver of this chapter in violation of this
section is void.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
this Act under a contract entered into on or after the effective
date of this Act. A cause of action that accrued before the
effective date of this Act or that accrues on or after the effective
date of this Act under a contract entered into before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately
before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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