HB3887 - Relating to the requirement for performance and payment bonds from certain contractors of the Parks and Wildlife Department.

      By: Metcalf H.B. No. 3887       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the requirement for performance and payment bonds from   certain contractors of the Parks and Wildlife Department.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 11.0171, Parks and Wildlife Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:           (a-1)     If the value of a contract under Subsection (a)(2) for   constructing, altering, or repairing a public building or carrying   out or completing any public work exceeds $150,000, the department,   the executive director, or the executive director's designee shall   require the contractor to execute a performance bond and a payment   bond to the department before beginning work.          SECTION 2.  Section 11.0171(a-1), Parks and Wildlife Code,   as added by this Act, applies only to a contract for which the Parks   and Wildlife Department first advertises or otherwise requests   bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications, or makes a similar   solicitation, on or after the effective date of this Act. A   contract for which the department first advertises or otherwise   requests bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications, or makes a   similar solicitation, before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law as it existed immediately before that date, and   that law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.