By: Metcalf H.B. No. 3887
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement for performance and payment bonds from
certain contractors of the Parks and Wildlife Department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.0171, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) If the value of a contract under Subsection (a)(2) for
constructing, altering, or repairing a public building or carrying
out or completing any public work exceeds $150,000, the department,
the executive director, or the executive director's designee shall
require the contractor to execute a performance bond and a payment
bond to the department before beginning work.
SECTION 2. Section 11.0171(a-1), Parks and Wildlife Code,
as added by this Act, applies only to a contract for which the Parks
and Wildlife Department first advertises or otherwise requests
bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications, or makes a similar
solicitation, on or after the effective date of this Act. A
contract for which the department first advertises or otherwise
requests bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications, or makes a
similar solicitation, before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law as it existed immediately before that date, and
that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.