A bill moving through the Texas House of Representatives would cut in half the amount of time homeowners have to sue developers or builders over construction defects.
House Bill 3595 would amend the Residential Construction Liability Act, cutting the statute of repose — the amount of time homeowners have to sue — from 10 years to five.
"The statute of repose for residential construction has not been addressed in over 30 years," said the bill’s author state Rep. Jim Leach, R-Plano, as he introduced the measure at a hearing of the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee.
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