Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0514

February 5, 2026 The Honorable Lilli A. Hensley Sterling County Attorney Post Office Box 88 Sterling City, Texas 76951 Opinion No. KP-0514 Re: Performance and payment bond requirements under Government Code § 2253.021 (RQ-0588-KP) Dear Ms. Hensley: You ask whether a county must “require each contractor for a road and/or bridge project to carry a performance bond and/or payment bond.” 1 To this end, you explain that Sterling County contracted with “a road construction company[] . . . to construct roads in phases” and required the company “to purchase performance and payment bonds in increments…