Tex. Labor Code Section 201.042
Service of Driver or Salesman


In this subtitle, “employment” includes service:

(1)

as an agent-driver or commission-driver who delivers a meat product, vegetable product, fruit product, bakery product, laundry, dry cleaning, or beverage except milk, if:

(A)

the service is performed for remuneration;

(B)

the employment contract provides that the individual personally performs substantially all of the service;

(C)

the individual performing the service does not have a substantial investment in a facility used in the performance of the service, other than in a facility for transportation; and

(D)

the service is part of a continuing relationship with the principal and is not a single transaction; or

(2)

of a traveling or city salesman, except as provided in Section 201.070 (Service as Product Demonstrator; Salesman), an agent-driver, or a commission-driver, who, on a full-time basis, obtains for the individual’s principal, except for sideline sales activities for another person, orders from a wholesaler, retailer, contractor, or operator of a hotel, restaurant, or similar establishment for merchandise for resale or supplies for use in the business’s operation if:

(A)

the employment contract provides that the individual personally performs substantially all of the service;

(B)

the individual does not have a substantial investment in a facility used in the performance of the service, except a facility for transportation; and

(C)

the service is part of a continuing relationship with the principal and is not a single transaction.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Source: Section 201.042 — Service of Driver or Salesman, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.­201.­htm#201.­042 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 201.042’s source at texas​.gov