Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 282	Senate Author:  Buckingham et al.
Effective:  9-1-19	House Sponsor:  Buckley et al.

            Senate Bill 282 amends the Transportation Code to require the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to establish a system to track liquidated damages associated with delayed transportation project contracts and to require that system to allow TxDOT to correlate such damages with the applicable project and with each TxDOT district in which the project was located. The bill requires TxDOT to annually determine the amount of damages retained for each district and to allocate an amount equal to such damages to be used for transportation projects in each district.