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  89R3264 SCL-D     By: Perry S.B. No. 1890       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage and bid   bonding requirements for small municipal construction projects.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 271, Local Government   Code, is amended by adding Section 271.909 to read as follows:           Sec.   271.909.     WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND BID BONDING   REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. (a)   In   this section, "project"   includes all work to be completed on a   construction project for a municipality at one location within 12   months of the date the work begins.           (b)     Notwithstanding any other law, for a construction   project contracted for an amount that is less than one percent of   the total amount of a municipality's most recently adopted budget,   the municipality is not required to:                 (1)     ensure that the contractor is covered by workers'   compensation insurance coverage; or                 (2)     require the contractor to obtain a performance   bond.           (c)     For the purpose of determining the contracted amount of   a construction project under Subsection (b), a municipality may not   aggregate work from more than one project.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this   Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.