Religious Service

Sec. 201.066. RELIGIOUS SERVICE. In this subtitle, "employment" does not include: (1) service in the employ of: (A) a church; (B) a convention or association of churches; or (C) an organization that is operated primarily for religious purposes and that is operated, supervised, controlled, or principally supported by a church or a convention or association of churches; (2) service performed by an ordained, commissioned, or licensed minister of a church in the exercise of the individual's ministry; or (3) service performed by a member of a religious order as required by the order. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.