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Tex. Lab. Code § 201.066

RELIGIOUS SERVICE

Known as the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act

The act spans §§ 201–215 (345 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Douglas Spicer v. Texas Workforce Commission (2014)

Most recently applied in Douglas Spicer v. Texas Workforce Commission (April 2014)

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff

In this subtitle, "employment" does not include:

(1) service in the employ of:

(A) a church;

(B) a convention or association of churches; or

(C) an organization that is operated primarily for religious purposes and that is operated, supervised, controlled, or principally supported by a church or a convention or association of churches;

(2) service performed by an ordained, commissioned, or licensed minister of a church in the exercise of the individual's ministry; or

(3) service performed by a member of a religious order as required by the order.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.