Employment of Inmates

Tex. Labor Code § 62.156, under Minimum Wage.

Tex. Labor Code § 62.156

Sec. 62.156. EMPLOYMENT OF INMATES. An employer is exempt from this chapter with respect to the employment of a person who performs services while imprisoned in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or while confined in a local jail. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.