Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 272.001 · Chapter 272. LAW APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
CERTAIN CONTRACT PROVISIONS VOID.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a construction contract concerning real property located in this state.
(b) If a construction contract or an agreement collateral to or affecting the construction contract contains a provision making the contract or agreement or any conflict arising under the contract or agreement subject to another state's law, litigation in the courts of another state, or arbitration in another state, that provision is void as against public policy.
(c) To the extent that a venue provision in a contract is void under Subsection (b), unless the parties stipulate to another venue after the dispute arises, an action arising out of the contract shall be brought only in this state in the county in which the property that is the subject of the litigation is located.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 580 (S.B. 807), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 427 (H.B. 2960), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 427 (H.B. 2960), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.272.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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