By: Cortez H.B. No. 5369
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amount of an expenditure that is exempt from the
provisions of the Texas Engineering Practice Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1001.053, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1001.053. PUBLIC WORKS. The following work is exempt
from this chapter:
(1) a public work that involves electrical or
mechanical engineering, if the contemplated expense for the
completed project is $8,000 or less;
(2) a public work that does not involve electrical or
mechanical engineering, if the contemplated expense for the
completed project is $100,000 [$20,000] or less; or
(3) road maintenance or improvement undertaken by the
commissioners court of a county.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a public work project initiated on or after the effective date of
this Act. A public work project initiated 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, 2025.