Tex. Occ. Code § 2402.132 · Subchapter C-1. OPERATION OF DELIVERY NETWORK COMPANIES
DELIVERY PERSON REQUIREMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Before a delivery network company authorizes an individual to access the company's digital network as a delivery person, the company must:
(1) confirm that the individual:
(A) is at least 18 years of age; and
(B) maintains:
(i) valid government-issued photo identification; or
(ii) if the individual indicates an intention to undertake digitally prearranged deliveries by motor vehicle, a valid driver's license issued by this state or another state;
(2) conduct, or cause to be conducted, a local, state, and national criminal background check for the individual that includes the use of:
(A) a commercial multistate and multijurisdiction criminal records locator or other similar commercial nationwide database; and
(B) the national sex offender public website maintained by the United States Department of Justice or a successor agency; and
(3) if the individual indicates an intention to undertake digitally prearranged deliveries by motor vehicle, obtain and review the individual's driving record.
(b) A delivery network company may not permit an individual to log in as a delivery person on the company's digital network if:
(1) the individual has been convicted in the preceding seven-year period of any of the following:
(A) driving while intoxicated under Section 49.04 or 49.045, Penal Code;
(B) use of a motor vehicle to commit a felony;
(C) a felony crime involving property damage;
(D) fraud;
(E) theft;
(F) an act of violence; or
(G) an act of terrorism;
(2) the individual is found to be registered in the national sex offender public website maintained by the United States Department of Justice or a successor agency; or
(3) for an individual who is authorized to undertake digitally prearranged deliveries by motor vehicle, the individual has been convicted in the three-year period preceding the issue date of the driving record obtained under Subsection (a)(3) of:
(A) more than four offenses classified by the Department of Public Safety as moving violations; or
(B) one or more of the following offenses:
(i) fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer under Section 545.421, Transportation Code;
(ii) reckless driving under Section 545.401, Transportation Code;
(iii) driving without a valid driver's license under Section 521.025, Transportation Code; or
(iv) driving with an invalid driver's license under Section 521.457, Transportation Code.
(c) A delivery network company shall conduct or cause to be conducted a criminal background check before authorizing a delivery person to access the company's digital network.
(d) A delivery network company shall restrict a delivery person's access to the company's digital network at the request of law enforcement or on receipt of a court order.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 227 (H.B. 4215), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2402.htm
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Penal Code
Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.025LICENSE TO BE CARRIED AND EXHIBITED ON DEMAND; CRIMINAL PENALTY.Printed as Section 521.025, Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.457DRIVING WHILE LICENSE INVALID.Printed as Section 521.457, Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 545.401RECKLESS DRIVING; OFFENSE.Printed as Section 545.401, Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 545.421FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE POLICE OFFICER; OFFENSE.Printed as Section 545.421, Transportation Code
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