Bill Text: TX SB1953 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to indemnification and duties of engineers and architects under certain governmental contracts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-27 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1953 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1953-Introduced.html
By: Hughes | S.B. No. 1953 | |
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relating to indemnification and duties of engineers and architects | ||
under certain governmental contracts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2254.0031, Government Code is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
2254.0031. INDEMNIFICATION. (a) A state governmental | ||
entity may require a contractor selected under this subchapter to | ||
indemnify or hold harmless the state from claims and liabilities | ||
resulting from the negligent acts or omissions of the contractor or | ||
persons employed by the contractor. A state governmental entity | ||
may not require a contractor to indemnify, [ |
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defend the state for claims or liabilities resulting from the | ||
negligent acts or omissions of the state governmental entity or its | ||
employees. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Sections | ||
271.904(a)-(e), Local Government Code, apply to a contract for | ||
architectural or engineering services between an architect or | ||
engineer selected under this subchapter and a state agency, as | ||
defined by Section 2052.101. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2254.0031, Government Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies only to a contract for which a request for | ||
proposals or a request for qualifications is first published or | ||
distributed on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract | ||
for which a request for proposals or a request for qualifications is | ||
first published or distributed before the effective date of this | ||
Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the request was | ||
published or distributed, and the former law is continued in effect | ||
for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |