{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-207.042","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 207.042","heading":"ATHLETES.","body":"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:\n(1) the individual performed the services in the first of the seasons or periods; and\n(2) there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the services in the later of the seasons or periods.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT","SUBTITLE A. TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT","CHAPTER 207. BENEFITS","SUBCHAPTER C. EXCEPTIONS TO AND DISQUALIFICATION FOR BENEFITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.207.htm#207.042","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"00170b22e8bedf7e0007cd9132f6fb121ab5f8e4ae0d28349d4f00d9cb4dce74","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-207.041","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-207.043"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}