88R9198 MZM-F
 
  By: Leach H.B. No. 3156
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to liability of professional entities performing
  construction monitoring and inspection services for the Texas
  Department of Transportation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 97, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
  amended by adding Section 97.003 to read as follows:
         Sec. 97.003.  LIMIT ON LIABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION MONITORING
  AND INSPECTION SERVICES. A professional entity or an officer or
  employee of a professional entity that provides services as a
  consultant or subconsultant of the Texas Department of
  Transportation to monitor and inspect the progress of work on a
  transportation construction or maintenance project performed by a
  private contractor and report to the department regarding the
  contractor's compliance with the department's requirements for the
  project is not liable to a claimant for personal injury, property
  damage, or death arising from an action performed in the course and
  scope of the entity's consulting duties with respect to the
  project.
         SECTION 2.  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.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.