{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-605.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 605.001","heading":"EIGHT-HOUR WORKDAY FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS.","body":"Eight hours of work in a calendar day constitute a day's work for a laborer, worker, or mechanic employed by or on behalf of the state or a political subdivision of the state for the construction, repair, or improvement of a building, bridge, road, highway, stream, or levee or for other similar work.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 605. EIGHT-HOUR WORKDAY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.605.htm#605.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"51a6555ed9db54350a7fc3e0204ff7343b3722af1e635d37d7dc8f8614d83abf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-604.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-605.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}