Bill Text: TX HB1476 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a vendor's remedies for nonpayment of a contract with this state or a political subdivision of this state.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1476 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1476-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1476 |
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relating to a vendor's remedies for nonpayment of a contract with | ||
this state or a political subdivision of this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2251.042, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) A governmental entity shall notify a vendor of an error | ||
or disputed amount in an invoice submitted for payment by the vendor | ||
not later than the 21st day after the date the entity receives the | ||
invoice, and shall include in such notice a detailed statement of | ||
the amount of the invoice which is disputed. | ||
(d) The governmental entity may withhold from payments | ||
required no more than 110 percent of the disputed amount. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2251.042, Government Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before that date | ||
is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was | ||
entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1476 was passed by the House on May | ||
11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1476 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |