Tex. Prop. Code § 53.235 · Subchapter J. LIEN ON MONEY DUE PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTOR
OFFICIAL TO RETAIN FUNDS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A public official who receives the notice may not pay all of the money, bonds, or warrants due the contractor, but shall retain enough to pay the claim for which notice is given.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3555, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.53.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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