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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to construction projects employing undocumented workers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 426.001(b) and (c), Property Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) This subtitle does not apply to a dispute: |
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(1) arising out of: |
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(A) [(1)] an alleged violation of Section 27.01, |
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Business & Commerce Code; |
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(B) [(2)] a builder's wrongful abandonment of an |
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improvement project before completion; or |
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(C) [(3)] a violation of Chapter 162; or |
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(2) in which: |
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(A) the builder or any subcontractor employs an |
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undocumented worker for the construction project that is the |
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subject of the dispute; and |
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(B) the builder has registered 100 homes or more |
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with the commission during the commission's previous fiscal year. |
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(c) For the purposes of this section: |
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(1) "Damage[, "damage] to goods" does not include |
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damage to a home. |
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(2) "Undocumented worker" means a person who is not |
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lawfully entitled to be present and employed in the United States. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |