HB3353 - Relating to the limitation of liability for certain transportation contractors.

  89R18221 MZM-F     By: DeAyala H.B. No. 3353     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3353:     By:  Schofield C.S.H.B. No. 3353       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the limitation of liability for certain transportation   contractors.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 97.002, Civil Practice and Remedies   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 97.002.  LIMIT ON LIABILITY OF CERTAIN HIGHWAY, ROAD,   AND STREET CONTRACTORS.   (a)   In this section, "governmental unit"   has the meaning assigned by Section 101.001.             (b)   A contractor who designs, installs,  constructs ,   maintains, or repairs a highway, road, or street or any device or   system intended for public safety or traffic management installed   on a highway, road, or street for a governmental unit [ the Texas   Department of Transportation ] is not liable to a claimant for   personal injury, property damage, or death arising from the   performance of the design, installation, construction ,   maintenance, or repair if, at the time of the personal injury,   property damage, or death, the contractor is in material compliance   with contract documents material to the condition or defect that   was the proximate cause of the personal injury, property damage, or   death.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of   this Act. A cause of action that accrues 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.