Amend HB 692 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 2252.033, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 2252.033.  EXEMPTIONS. This subchapter does not apply to:

(1)  a public works contract executed before August 31, 1981;

(2)  a public works contract in which the total contract price estimate at the time of execution of the contract is less than $400,000; or

(3)  a public works contract made by the Texas Department of Transportation under [Subchapter A,] Chapter 223, Transportation Code.