2025S0014-1 12/09/24
By: Perry S.B. No. 1066
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring payment and performance bonds for certain
public work contracts.
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) For a contract described by Subsection (a)(2) that is
also a public work contract, as that term is defined by Section
2253.001, Government Code, the director shall require the
contractor, before beginning work on the contract, to execute with
the department:
(1) a performance bond if the contract is greater than
$150,000; and
(2) a payment bond if the contract is greater than
$150,000.
SECTION 2. (a) Section 11.0171, Parks and Wildlife Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to a public work contract for
which the Parks and Wildlife Department first advertises or
otherwise requests bids, proposals, or qualifications, or makes a
similar solicitation, on or after the effective date of this Act.
(b) A public work contract for which the Parks and Wildlife
Department first advertises or otherwise requests bids, proposals,
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.