Tex. Labor Code § 201.077
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 201.077, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 201.077. SERVICE BY LANDMAN.
Official statutory text
In this subtitle, "employment" does not include service performed for a private for-profit person by a landman, as defined by Section 1702.324, Occupations Code, if:
(1) the compensation paid to the landman directly relates only to the performance of the service; and
(2) the service performed by the landman is performed under a written contract between the landman and the person for whom the service is performed that provides that the landman is to be treated as an independent contractor and not as an employee with respect to the service provided under the contract.
(1) the compensation paid to the landman directly relates only to the performance of the service; and
(2) the service performed by the landman is performed under a written contract between the landman and the person for whom the service is performed that provides that the landman is to be treated as an independent contractor and not as an employee with respect to the service provided under the contract.
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