{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-56.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 56.002","heading":"INAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO CERTAIN CONTRACTS.","body":"This chapter does not apply to a contract that is solely for:\n(1) design services;\n(2) the construction or maintenance of a road, highway, street, bridge, utility, water supply project, water plant, wastewater plant, water and wastewater distribution or conveyance facility, wharf, dock, airport runway or taxiway, drainage project, or related type of project associated with civil engineering construction; or\n(3) improvements to or the construction of a structure that is a:\n(A) detached single-family residence;\n(B) duplex;\n(C) triplex; or\n(D) quadruplex.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 4.001(a), eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 4. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND AGREEMENTS","CHAPTER 56. AGREEMENT FOR PAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION SUBCONTRACTOR","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.56.htm#56.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"9db0224941d390e5217c1ec62c9ad293905e740374a9cf7bcf01a904f854fbce","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-56.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-56.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}