Tex. Government Code § 2272.002: APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.

(a) This chapter applies only to a claim:

(1) for:

(A) damages arising from damage to or loss of real or personal property caused by an alleged construction defect in an improvement to real property that is a public building or public work; or

(B) indemnity or contribution for damages described by Paragraph (A);

(2) asserted by a governmental entity with an interest in the public building or public work affected by the alleged construction defect; and

(3) asserted against a contractor, subcontractor, supplier, or design professional.

(b) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a claim for personal injury, survival, or wrongful death;

(2) a claim involving the construction of residential property covered under Chapter 27, Property Code;

(3) a contract entered into by the Texas Department of Transportation;

(4) a project that receives money from a state or federal highway fund; or

(5) a civil works project as defined by Section 2269.351.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1287 (H.B. 1999), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.