88R4516 AJA-F
 
  By: Vasut H.B. No. 2965
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain construction liability claims concerning
  public buildings and public works.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2272.002(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  This chapter does not apply to:
               (1)  a claim for personal injury, survival, or wrongful
  death;
               (2)  a claim involving the construction of residential
  property covered under Chapter 27, Property Code;
               (3)  a contract entered into by the Texas Department of
  Transportation; or
               (4)  a project that receives money from a state or
  federal highway fund[; or
               [(5)  a civil works project as defined by Section
  2269.351].
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 2272, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Section 2272.0025 to read as follows:
         Sec. 2272.0025.  WAIVER PROHIBITED. This chapter may not be
  waived. A purported waiver of this chapter in violation of this
  section is void.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
  this Act under a contract entered into on or after the effective
  date of this Act. A cause of action that accrued before the
  effective date of this Act or that accrues on or after the effective
  date of this Act under a contract entered into before the effective
  date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately
  before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.