Texas Water Code § 63.176 Payment For Work

Sec. 63.176. PAYMENT FOR WORK. (a) The commission shall inspect the work being done during its progress, and on completion of the contract, the commission shall draw a warrant on the district depository in favor of the contractor or his assignee for the amount of the contract price. The warrant shall be paid from the construction and maintenance fund.

(b) If the commission considers it advisable, it may contract to pay for the work in partial payments as the work progresses, but the partial payments may not be more in the aggregate than 90 percent of the contract price of the total amount of work done under the contract. The amount of the work shall be shown by a certificate of the engineer.

(c) The provisions of this section do not apply to improvements carried out or performed by the United States.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971. Amended by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 1448, ch. 404, Sec. 2, eff. May 26, 1971.

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