H.B. No. 2965
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2965 was passed by the House on May
10, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 10, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2965 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor