{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-573.083","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 573.083","heading":"WITHHOLDING PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION.","body":"A public official may not approve an account or draw or authorize the drawing of a warrant or order to pay the compensation of an ineligible individual if the official knows the individual is ineligible.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS","SUBTITLE B. ETHICS","CHAPTER 573. DEGREES OF RELATIONSHIP; NEPOTISM PROHIBITIONS","SUBCHAPTER E. ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.573.htm#573.083","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e0bb50d63e0414872901fc46d33701015097e5520370d2660a1258a3a4f92154","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-573.082","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-573.084"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}