Tex. Local Government Code § 172.016
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 172.016, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 172.016. STATUS OF AFFILIATED SERVICE CONTRACTORS.
Official statutory text
Inclusion of the employees of affiliated service contractors in the uniform group benefits program authorized by this chapter does not, for any purpose:
(1) make an affiliated service contractor a political subdivision or a division of a political subdivision; or
(2) make an employee of an affiliated service contractor an employee of a political subdivision or a division of a political subdivision.
(1) make an affiliated service contractor a political subdivision or a division of a political subdivision; or
(2) make an employee of an affiliated service contractor an employee of a political subdivision or a division of a political subdivision.
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