By Hudson H.B. No. 2271 74R7460 LJR-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to a bond for the construction of a swimming pool. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Before commencing work under a contract to build 1-5 a swimming pool, the builder shall deliver to the person 1-6 contracting to pay for the pool a bond executed by a corporate 1-7 surety authorized to do business in the state in an amount equal to 1-8 the contract price for the pool or in an amount equal to the 1-9 highest contract price for any swimming pool ever constructed by 1-10 the builder, whichever is greater. The bond shall be payable to 1-11 the person contracting to pay for the pool and shall be conditioned 1-12 on the faithful construction of the swimming pool in accordance 1-13 with the contractual plans and specifications. 1-14 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-19 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-20 passage, and it is so enacted.