Tex. Labor Code § 201.066
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 201.066, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 201.066. RELIGIOUS SERVICE.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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