88R9198 MZM-F
By: Leach H.B. No. 3156
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to liability of professional entities performing
construction monitoring and inspection services for the Texas
Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 97, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
amended by adding Section 97.003 to read as follows:
Sec. 97.003. LIMIT ON LIABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION MONITORING
AND INSPECTION SERVICES. A professional entity or an officer or
employee of a professional entity that provides services as a
consultant or subconsultant of the Texas Department of
Transportation to monitor and inspect the progress of work on a
transportation construction or maintenance project performed by a
private contractor and report to the department regarding the
contractor's compliance with the department's requirements for the
project is not liable to a claimant for personal injury, property
damage, or death arising from an action performed in the course and
scope of the entity's consulting duties with respect to the
project.
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.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.