Texas § GV.2166.003 - EXCEPTIONS
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§ GV.2166.003. EXCEPTIONS
EXCEPTIONS. (a) Unless otherwise provided, this chapter does not apply to: (1) a project constructed by and for the Texas Department of Transportation; (2) a project constructed by and for a state institution of higher education; (3) a pen, shed, or ancillary building constructed by and for the Department of Agriculture for the processing of livestock before export; (4) a project constructed by the Parks and Wildlife Department; (5) a repair or rehabilitation project, except a major renovation, of buildings and grounds on the commission inventory; (6) a repair and rehabilitation project of another using agency, if all labor for the project is provided by the regular maintenance force of the using agency under specific legislative authorization and the project does not require the advance preparation of working plans or drawings; (7) a repair and rehabilitation project involving the use of contract labor, if the project has been excluded from this chapter by commission rule and does not require the advance preparation of working plans or drawings; (8) an action taken by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality under Subchapter F or I, Chapter 361 , Health and Safety Code; (9) a repair, rehabilitation, or construction project on property owned by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs or the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation; (10) a project constructed by and for the Veterans' Land Board; (11) a project constructed by and for the Texas Historical Commission; or (12) a project constructed by and for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. (b) Only Sections 2166.151 , 2166.152 , 2166.153 , 2166.154 , 2166.155 , 2166.251 , and 2166.252 and Subchapter H apply to a construction project undertaken by or for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the imprisonment of individuals convicted of felonies other than state jail felonies. (c) This chapter and Chapter 2175 do not apply to the disposition, sale, or transfer of a pen, shed, or ancillary building constructed by and for the Department of Agriculture for the processing of livestock before export. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 793, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 980, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 8.19, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 17 (S.B. 581 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969 ), Sec. 25.088, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1245 (S.B. 1518 ), Sec. 7, eff. June 17, 2011. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 924 (H.B. 1494 ), Sec. 6.01, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 215 (S.B. 1349 ), Sec. 2, eff. May 28, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 573 (S.B. 241 ), Sec. 1.20, eff. September 1, 2019.
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