Tex. Gov't Code § 2272.002 · Chapter 2272. CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION LIABILITY CLAIMS
APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This chapter applies only to a claim:
(1) for:
(A) damages arising from damage to or loss of real or personal property caused by an alleged construction defect in an improvement to real property that is a public building or public work; or
(B) indemnity or contribution for damages described by Paragraph (A);
(2) asserted by a governmental entity with an interest in the public building or public work affected by the alleged construction defect; and
(3) asserted against a contractor, subcontractor, supplier, or design professional.
(b) This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a claim for personal injury, survival, or wrongful death;
(2) a claim involving the construction of residential property covered under Chapter 27, Property Code;
(3) a contract entered into by the Texas Department of Transportation;
(4) a project that receives money from a state or federal highway fund; or
(5) a civil works project as defined by Section 2269.351.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1287 (H.B. 1999), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2272.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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