Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 223.043

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005

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.