Tex. Transportation Code § 311.903
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 311.903, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 311.903. STREET WORK REQUIRED OF INHABITANT IN TYPE B GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.
Official statutory text
(a) The governing body of a Type B general-law municipality may require the male inhabitants of the municipality who are at least 18 years of age but younger than 46 years of age to work on the streets and public alleys. The period of work may not exceed five days in a year.
(b) Instead of performing the work, a person may furnish a substitute to perform the work or may pay a sum not to exceed $1 for each day of work demanded so that a substitute may be employed.
(c) The requirement does not apply to a minister of the gospel actually engaged in the discharge of the minister's duties.
(b) Instead of performing the work, a person may furnish a substitute to perform the work or may pay a sum not to exceed $1 for each day of work demanded so that a substitute may be employed.
(c) The requirement does not apply to a minister of the gospel actually engaged in the discharge of the minister's duties.
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