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Tex. Occ. Code § 2402.134

DELIVERY PERSONS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 227 (H.B. 4215), Sec. 8, eff

A delivery person is considered an independent contractor for all purposes, and not an employee of a delivery network company in any manner, if:

(1) the company does not:

(A) prescribe the specific hours during which the delivery person is required to be logged in to the company's digital network;

(B) impose restrictions on the delivery person's ability to use other delivery network companies' digital networks;

(C) prescribe the territory within which the delivery person may provide deliveries; or

(D) restrict the delivery person from engaging in another occupation or business; and

(2) the company and the delivery person agree in writing that the delivery person is an independent contractor.

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