HB 3353
AN ACT relating to the limitation of liability for certain highway, road,
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
Limits liability for highway, road, and street contractors working for government entities. If a contractor is in material compliance with contract documents when an incident occurs, they cannot be held legally responsible for personal injury, property damage, or death related to their work. The law essentially protects contractors from lawsuits if they have followed their contract specifications, even if an accident happens, with an effective date of September 1, 2025.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to the limitation of liability for certain highway, road, and street contractors and the presumption of sole causation by legally impaired drivers in certain civil actions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 97, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Section 97.002 is amended as follows: Sec. 97.002. LIMIT ON LIABILITY OF CERTAIN HIGHWAY, ROAD, AND STREET CONTRACTORS. A contractor who designs, installs, constructs,or repairs, or maintains a highway, road, or street, or any devices or systems intended for public safety or traffic management installed thereon, for the Texas Department of Transportationany state, regional, county or local government entity, or department thereof, is not liable to a claimant for personal injury, property damage, or death arising from the performance of the design, installation, construction,or repair, or maintenance 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the limitation of liability for certain highway, road,
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