{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2258.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2258.051","heading":"DUTY OF PUBLIC BODY TO HEAR COMPLAINTS AND WITHHOLD PAYMENT.","body":"A public body awarding a contract, and an agent or officer of the public body, shall:\n(1) take cognizance of complaints of all violations of this chapter committed in the execution of the contract; and\n(2) withhold money forfeited or required to be withheld under this chapter from the payments to the contractor under the contract, except that the public body may not withhold money from other than the final payment without a determination by the public body that there is good cause to believe that the contractor has violated this chapter.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.49(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE F. STATE AND LOCAL CONTRACTS AND FUND MANAGEMENT","CHAPTER 2258. PREVAILING WAGE RATES","SUBCHAPTER C. ENFORCEMENT; CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2258.htm#2258.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"1bda319f8ab5b343b612c4249b4cea8f9b8281d87b6fdc923a1b7e0170230175","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2258.026","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2258.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}