H.B. No. 1817
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the validity of a contract for which a disclosure of
  interested parties is required.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2252.908, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows:
         (f-1)  A contract described by Subsection (b) entered into by
  a governmental entity or state agency is voidable for failure to
  provide the disclosure of interested parties required by this
  section only if:
               (1)  the governmental entity or state agency submits to
  the business entity written notice of the business entity's failure
  to provide the required disclosure; and
               (2)  the business entity fails to submit to the
  governmental entity or state agency the required disclosure on or
  before the 10th business day after the date the business entity
  receives the written notice under Subdivision (1).
         SECTION 2.  A court in which a suit challenging the validity
  of a contract described by Section 2252.908(b), Government Code, is
  pending on the effective date of this Act may require the
  governmental entity or state agency to provide the written notice
  required under Section 2252.908(f-1), Government Code, as added by
  this Act, if the court finds that failure to enforce that
  requirement would cause an inequitable or unjust result for the
  parties to the suit.
         SECTION 3.  A contract described by Section 2252.908(b),
  Government Code, that was executed before the effective date of
  this Act is presumed to have been properly executed in accordance
  with Section 2252.908, Government Code, if an action to void or
  invalidate the contract has not been filed with a court in this
  state before the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1817 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 3, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1817 was passed by the Senate on May
  18, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor