Sec. 765.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety.
(2) "Dwelling" means one or more rooms rented for residential purposes to one or more tenants.
(3) "Employer" means a person who employs employees to work at a residential dwelling project.
(4) "Employee" means an individual who performs services for compensation at a residential dwelling project and who is employed by the entity that owns the project or represents the owner in managing or leasing dwellings in the project. The term does not include an independent contractor.
(5) "Occupant" means an individual who resides in a dwelling in a residential dwelling project, other than:
(A) a tenant of the dwelling; or
(B) the owner or manager of the dwelling.
(6) "Residential dwelling project" means a house, condominium, apartment building, duplex, or similar facility that is used as a dwelling or a facility that provides lodging to guests for compensation including a hotel, motel, inn, bed and breakfast facility, or similar facility. The term does not include a nursing home or other related institution regulated under Chapter 242.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 694, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Renumbered from Human Resources Code Sec. 135.001 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 572, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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