Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8501.109 · Subchapter C. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The authority and each contractor who employs labor for the construction of an improvement for the authority shall give a preference to the employment of:
(1) persons who are on relief rolls or otherwise unemployed and who are able to efficiently provide the proper service in the various classifications of labor under which they are to be employed; and
(2) if there are not sufficient persons who are qualified under Subdivision (1), qualified workers who reside in the locality where the improvement is to be constructed.
(b) The persons to whom the preference applies include persons required for office or clerical work but do not include the key workers of the authority or contractor.
(c) Each contract expressly entered into under this chapter by the authority with a contractor must expressly impose on the contractor the duty to give the preference provided by this section.
(d) To the extent this section conflicts with the requirements of a federal agency providing funds for the authority, the requirements of the federal agency control.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8501.htm
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