Bill Amendment: TX SB219 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Relating to civil liability and responsibility for the consequences of defects in the plans, specifications, or related documents for the construction or repair of an improvement to real property or of a road or highway.

Status: 2021-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB219 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB219-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F1-Hughes.html

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Amend CSSB 219 (senate committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 59.0001(3)(B), Business & Commerce Code (page 1, line 57), strike "and".

(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 59.0001(3)(C), Business & Commerce Code (page 1, line 58), strike "storage" and substitute "or wastewater storage, treatment, or transmission".

(3)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 59.0001(3)(C), Business & Commerce Code (page 1, line 58), between "facilities" and the underlined period, insert the following:

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(D)  facilities used to manufacture or produce transportation fuels and similar products including gasoline, kerosene, distillate fuel oils, residual fuel oils, lubricants, asphalt, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, and renewable diesel

(4)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 59.0001(4), Business & Commerce Code (page 1, line 59), strike "Design-build" and substitute "Involved contractor".

(5)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 59.0001, Business & Commerce Code, strike Subdivision (5) (page 2, lines 6-8).

(6)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 59.0051(b), Business & Commerce Code (page 2, line 19), between ""person"" and "includes", insert "has the meaning assigned by Section 311.005, Government Code, and".

(7)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 59.0051(c), Business & Commerce Code (page 2, line 25), strike "a design-build" and substitute "an involved contractor".

(8)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, at the end of added Section 59.0051, Business & Commerce Code (page 2, between lines 28 and 29), insert the following:

(d)  This chapter does not apply to a contract between a person and a contractor under which the contractor agrees only to review plans, specifications, or other design or bid documents but is not responsible for any portion of the construction, repair, alteration, or remodeling of the improvement to the real property.

(9)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 59.0053, Business & Commerce Code (page 2, line 50), strike "a design-build" and substitute "an involved contractor".