Amend CSHB 1711 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1) On page 2, line 2, strike, "This" and substitute, "(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this".

(2) On page 2, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following:

(b) This chapter does not apply to a contract between a person and a disaster remediation contractor for the performance of disaster remediation services on property owned or leased by the person if the contractor maintains for at least one year preceding the date of the contract a physical business address in:

(1) the county in which the property is located; or

(2) a county adjacent to the county in which the property is located.