Bill Text: TX HB2965 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certain construction liability claims concerning public buildings and public works.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2965 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2965-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2965 |
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relating to certain construction liability claims concerning | ||
public buildings and public works. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 2272, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 2272.0025 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2272.0025. WAIVER PROHIBITED. This chapter may not be | ||
waived. A purported waiver of this chapter in violation of this | ||
section is void. | ||
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 under a contract entered into on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. A cause of action that accrued before the | ||
effective date of this Act or that accrues on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act under a contract entered into 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, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2965 was passed by the House on May | ||
10, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 10, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2965 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |