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| 1 | 1 | By: Cortez H.B. No. 5369 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to the amount of an expenditure that is exempt from the | |
| 9 | 9 | provisions of the Texas Engineering Practice Act. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 1001.053, Occupations Code, is amended | |
| 12 | 12 | to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 1001.053. PUBLIC WORKS. The following work is exempt | |
| 14 | 14 | from this chapter: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) a public work that involves electrical or | |
| 16 | 16 | mechanical engineering, if the contemplated expense for the | |
| 17 | 17 | completed project is $8,000 or less; | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) a public work that does not involve electrical or | |
| 19 | 19 | mechanical engineering, if the contemplated expense for the | |
| 20 | 20 | completed project is $100,000 [$20,000] or less; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (3) road maintenance or improvement undertaken by the | |
| 22 | 22 | commissioners court of a county. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | |
| 24 | 24 | a public work project initiated on or after the effective date of | |
| 25 | 25 | this Act. A public work project initiated before the effective date | |
| 26 | 26 | of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before | |
| 27 | 27 | the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect | |
| 28 | 28 | for that purpose. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |