Tex. Transp. Code § 223.043

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 223.043 - Citizen's Preference in Employment

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.

Tex. Transp. Code § 223.043

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