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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. ______________________________ ______________________________ 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. ______________________________ 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. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor
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