{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-406.121","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 406.121","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"General contractor\" means a person who undertakes to procure the performance of work or a service, either separately or through the use of subcontractors. The term includes a \"principal contractor,\" \"original contractor,\" \"prime contractor,\" or other analogous term. The term does not include a motor carrier that provides a transportation service through the use of an owner operator.\n(2) \"Independent contractor\" means a person who contracts to perform work or provide a service for the benefit of another and who ordinarily:\n(A) acts as the employer of any employee of the contractor by paying wages, directing activities, and performing other similar functions characteristic of an employer-employee relationship;\n(B) is free to determine the manner in which the work or service is performed, including the hours of labor of or method of payment to any employee;\n(C) is required to furnish or to have employees, if any, furnish necessary tools, supplies, or materials to perform the work or service; and\n(D) possesses the skills required for the specific work or service.\n(3) \"Motor carrier\" means a person who operates a motor vehicle over a public highway in this state to provide a transportation service or who contracts to provide that service.\n(4) \"Owner operator\" means a person who provides transportation services under contract for a motor carrier. An owner operator is an independent contractor.\n(5) \"Subcontractor\" means a person who contracts with a general contractor to perform all or part of the work or services that the general contractor has undertaken to perform.\n(6) \"Transportation service\" means providing a motor vehicle, with a driver under contract, to transport passengers or property.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","SUBTITLE A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT","CHAPTER 406. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE","SUBCHAPTER F. COVERAGE OF CERTAIN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.406.htm#406.121","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"c768b3ffc46a4bf956e4ef91ec225584641f55b1b0b23a3737d1a20ad24f4c7b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-406.098","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-406.122"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}