Tex. Labor Code § 207.042
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 207.042, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 207.042. ATHLETES.
Official statutory text
Benefits are not payable to an individual based on services substantially all of which consist of participating in a sport or athletic event or training or preparing to participate in a sport or athletic event for a week that begins during the period between two successive sport seasons or similar periods if:
(1) the individual performed the services in the first of the seasons or periods; and
(2) there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the services in the later of the seasons or periods.
(1) the individual performed the services in the first of the seasons or periods; and
(2) there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the services in the later of the seasons or periods.
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