bill raising the engineering exemption from $20,000 to $100,000

The text as introduced · 203 words

By: Cortez
H.B. No. 5369

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the amount of an expenditure that is exempt from the

provisions of the Texas Engineering Practice Act.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1001.053, Occupations Code, is amended

to read as follows:

Sec. 1001.053. PUBLIC WORKS. 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 $100,000 [ $20,000 ] or less; or

(3) road maintenance or improvement undertaken by the

commissioners court of a county.

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to

a public work project initiated on or after the effective date of

this Act. A public work project initiated before the effective date

of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before

the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect

for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.