Tex. Lab. Code § 502.025 · Subchapter B. COVERAGE
COVERAGE FOR OUT-OF-STATE EMPLOYEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An employee who performs services outside this state is entitled to benefits under this chapter even if the person:
(1) is hired or not hired in this state;
(2) does not work in this state;
(3) works both in this state and out of state;
(4) is injured outside this state; or
(5) has been outside this state for more than one year.
(b) An employee who elects to pursue remedies provided by this state where the injury occurred is not entitled to benefits under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1266, Sec. 4.02, eff. June 20, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.502.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 82a5be0e7d314b4a2ec73597f92dc2258215f3d817bbfbfea83c4f7e43215a91
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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