{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-62.156","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 62.156","heading":"EMPLOYMENT OF INMATES.","body":"An employer is exempt from this chapter with respect to the employment of a person who performs services while imprisoned in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or while confined in a local jail.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS","SUBTITLE C. WAGES","CHAPTER 62. MINIMUM WAGE","SUBCHAPTER D. EXEMPTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.62.htm#62.156","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"a1b5b9788b91b37f8ba3f72db9afe5ad00c8966567ac6729ad6863fb4b45e88d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-62.155","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-62.157"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}