This subchapter does not apply to:

1. (1) a public works contract executed before August 31, 1981;
2. (2) a public works contract in which the total contract price estimate at the time of execution of the contract is less than $400,000; or
3. (3) a public works contract made by the Texas Department of Transportation under Chapter 223, Transportation Code.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.201, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;

Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 9.012, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 635 (H.B. 692), Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2021.