{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-223.043","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 223.043","heading":"CITIZEN'S PREFERENCE IN EMPLOYMENT.","body":"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.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE B. STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM","CHAPTER 223. BIDS AND CONTRACTS FOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS","SUBCHAPTER B. CONTRACT PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.223.htm#223.043","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"719d980cf4aa19de271a650a41892df89bf11fc094dae84db4b1ed4338104b11","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-223.042","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-223.044"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}