Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.0262
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.0262, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 11.0262. CERTAIN GRATUITIES AUTHORIZED.
Official statutory text
(a) An employee of the state parks division of the department may accept a gratuity if:
(1) the employee, as a primary job duty, serves food or beverages in a restaurant, cafeteria, or other food service establishment located within a state park and owned and operated by the department;
(2) the employee, as an auxiliary duty in performance of a regular duty renders a special customer service to an individual or group;
(3) the gratuity is offered by a customer:
(A) of the restaurant, cafeteria, food service establishment, or hospitality unit of the state parks division in appreciation of being served food or beverages by the employee; or
(B) of a hospitality unit of the state parks division, in appreciation of receiving some other customer service from the employee;
(4) the department has designated the employee as an employee authorized to accept a gratuity; and
(5) the employee reports the gratuity in accordance with commission rules.
(b) The commission may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
(1) the employee, as a primary job duty, serves food or beverages in a restaurant, cafeteria, or other food service establishment located within a state park and owned and operated by the department;
(2) the employee, as an auxiliary duty in performance of a regular duty renders a special customer service to an individual or group;
(3) the gratuity is offered by a customer:
(A) of the restaurant, cafeteria, food service establishment, or hospitality unit of the state parks division in appreciation of being served food or beverages by the employee; or
(B) of a hospitality unit of the state parks division, in appreciation of receiving some other customer service from the employee;
(4) the department has designated the employee as an employee authorized to accept a gratuity; and
(5) the employee reports the gratuity in accordance with commission rules.
(b) The commission may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
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