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Relating to the requirement for performance and payment bonds from certain contractors of the Parks and Wildlife Department, the official text

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S.B. No. 1066

AN ACT

relating to the requirement for performance and payment bonds from

certain contractors of the Parks and Wildlife Department.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 11.0171, Parks and Wildlife Code, is

amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:

(a-1) If the value of a contract under Subsection (a)(2) for

constructing, altering, or repairing a public building or carrying

out or completing any public work exceeds $150,000, the department,

the executive director, or the executive director's designee shall

require the contractor to execute a performance bond and a payment

bond to the department before beginning work.

SECTION 2. Section 11.0171(a-1), Parks and Wildlife Code,

as added by this Act, applies only to a contract for which the Parks

and Wildlife Department first advertises or otherwise requests

bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications, or makes a similar

solicitation, on or after the effective date of this Act. A

contract for which the department first advertises or otherwise

requests bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications, or makes a

similar solicitation, before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law as it existed immediately before that date, and

that law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1066 passed the Senate on

March 13, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1066 passed the House on

April 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, two

present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor
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