Bill Text: TX SB771 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain agreements by architects an engineers in or in connection with certain construction contracts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Referred to State Affairs [SB771 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB771-Introduced.html
By: Hughes | S.B. No. 771 | |
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relating to certain agreements by architects an engineers in or in | ||
connection with certain construction contracts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 130, Civil Practice and | ||
Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 130. LIABILITY PROVISIONS [ |
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CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS | ||
SECTION 2. Section 130.002(b), Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A covenant or promise in, in connection with, or | ||
collateral to a construction contract other than a contract for a | ||
single family or multifamily residence is void and unenforceable if | ||
the covenant or promise provides for a registered architect or | ||
licensed engineer whose engineering or architectural design | ||
services are the subject of the construction contract to defend, | ||
indemnify, or hold harmless an owner or owner's agent or employee | ||
from liability for damage that is caused by or results from the | ||
negligence of an owner or an owner's agent or employee. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 130.002, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a covenant or promise | ||
in, in connection with, or collateral to a construction contract | ||
entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A covenant | ||
or promise in, in connection with, or collateral to a construction | ||
contract entered into before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law applicable to the covenant or promise | ||
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |