Tex. Occ. Code § 1001.053 · Subchapter B. EXEMPTIONS
PUBLIC WORKS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The following work is exempt from this chapter:
(1) a public work that involves electrical or mechanical engineering, if the contemplated expense for the completed project is $8,000 or less;
(2) a public work that does not involve electrical or mechanical engineering, if the contemplated expense for the completed project is $20,000 or less; or
(3) road maintenance or improvement undertaken by the commissioners court of a county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 273, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1001.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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