By Yarbrough                                          H.B. No. 1105
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the ineligibility of certain inmates to file wage
 1-3     claims.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 61.001(3), Labor Code, is amended to read
 1-6     as follows:
 1-7                 (3)  "Employee" means an individual who is employed by
 1-8     an employer for compensation.  The term does not include:
 1-9                       (A)  a person related to the employer or the
1-10     employer's spouse within the first or second degree by
1-11     consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573,
1-12     Government Code; [or]
1-13                       (B)  an independent contractor; or
1-14                       (C)  an inmate, defendant, releasee, or other
1-15     person in the custody of the state or other governmental entity who
1-16     provides services to a correctional facility, as defined by Section
1-17     1.07, Penal Code.
1-18           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.