Tex. Prop. Code § 28.0091 · Chapter 28. PROMPT PAYMENT TO CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS
UNSIGNED CHANGE ORDER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A contractor or subcontractor may elect not to proceed with additional work directed by an owner if:
(1) the contractor or subcontractor has not received a written, fully executed change order for the owner-directed additional work; and
(2) the aggregate actual or anticipated value of the additional work plus any previous owner-directed additional work for which the contractor or subcontractor has not received a written, fully executed change order exceeds 10 percent of the contractor's or subcontractor's original contract amount.
(b) A contractor or subcontractor who elects not to proceed with additional work as provided by this section is not responsible for damages associated with the election not to proceed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (H.B. 3485), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.28.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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