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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Transportation Code § 223.043: CITIZEN'S PREFERENCE IN EMPLOYMENT.

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  1. TRANSPORTATION CODE
  2. TITLE 6. ROADWAYS
  3. SUBTITLE B. STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
  4. CHAPTER 223. BIDS AND CONTRACTS FOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. CONTRACT PROVISIONS

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.

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

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