Amend CSHB 1185 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill:

SECTION ____.  Section 114.002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 114.002.  APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a claim for breach of a written contract that is related to real property or improvements to real property and is for engineering, architectural, or construction services or for materials related to engineering, architectural, or construction services, brought by a party to the written contract, in which the amount in controversy is not less than $250,000, excluding penalties, costs, expenses, prejudgment interest, and attorney's fees.

(2)  On page 2, line 7, strike "Section 114.004" and substitute "Chapter 114".

(3)  Renumber SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.