Texas Transportation Code

§ 223.043 — CITIZEN'S PREFERENCE IN EMPLOYMENT

TN § 223.043Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part B. STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM · Ch. 223. BIDS AND CONTRACTS FOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS · Art. B. CONTRACT PROVISIONS

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In a contract for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a designated state highway, the department may require that a citizen of the United States and of the county in which construction, maintenance, or improvement of the highway is being proposed shall be given preference in employment to perform manual labor.

Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.