Sec. 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.