Sec. 223.048.  TIME OF PAYMENT.  The department may not pay a contractor for highway improvement, construction, or maintenance before the 10th day of the month after the month in which the work is performed or the material is used.  The department shall make payment as soon after that date as is practical.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.