Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to partial payments during construction of a farm-to-market road
Sponsored by the House Local Government Committee
Topics:Cities & countiesTransportation
Same legislation: HSB 296
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 4, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 4, 2025
- Done: House committeeMarch 5, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 26, 202596–0
- Done: Senate committeeApril 3, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 15, 202547–0
- Done: To the GovernorMay 6, 2025
- Done: Signed into lawMay 6, 2025
Signed into law What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary County leaders, engineers, or the Department of Transportation can now approve both partial and final payments for work being done on farm-to-market roads. This change allows money to be paid out while construction projects are still in progress.1
Read the official explanation
Under current law, all claims for improving farm-to-market roads must be paid from the farm-to-market road fund and charged to the allotment of the fund for the county in which the project is located. Partial payments may be made on work in progress, and a partial payment is not deemed final acceptance of the work or a waiver of any defect in the work. The board of supervisors of a county, the county engineer, or the department of transportation (DOT) may approve claims. This bill specifies that the board of supervisors of a county, the county engineer, or the DOT may approve partial and final claims for partial payments made during construction of a farm-to-market road.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 31, 2025. On April 1, 2025 it recommended passage.
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