A delivery person is considered an independent contractor for all purposes, and not an employee of a delivery network company in any manner, if:
(1) the company does not:
- (A) prescribe the specific hours during which the delivery person is required to be logged in to the company's digital network;
- (B) impose restrictions on the delivery person's ability to use other delivery network companies' digital networks;
- (C) prescribe the territory within which the delivery person may provide deliveries; or
- (D) restrict the delivery person from engaging in another occupation or business; and
- (2) the company and the delivery person agree in writing that the delivery person is an independent contractor.
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 227 (H.B. 4215), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2025.