Texas § OC.2402.132 - DELIVERY PERSON REQUIREMENTS

§ OC.2402.132. DELIVERY PERSON REQUIREMENTS

DELIVERY PERSON REQUIREMENTS. (a) Before a delivery network company authorizes an individual to access the company's digital network as a delivery person, the company must: (1) confirm that the individual: (A) is at least 18 years of age; and (B) maintains: (i) valid government-issued photo identification; or (ii) if the individual indicates an intention to undertake digitally prearranged deliveries by motor vehicle, a valid driver's license issued by this state or another state; (2) conduct, or cause to be conducted, a local, state, and national criminal background check for the individual that includes the use of: (A) a commercial multistate and multijurisdiction criminal records locator or other similar commercial nationwide database; and (B) the national sex offender public website maintained by the United States Department of Justice or a successor agency; and (3) if the individual indicates an intention to undertake digitally prearranged deliveries by motor vehicle, obtain and review the individual's driving record. (b) A delivery network company may not permit an individual to log in as a delivery person on the company's digital network if: (1) the individual has been convicted in the preceding seven-year period of any of the following: (A) driving while intoxicated under Section 49.04 or 49.045 , Penal Code; (B) use of a motor vehicle to commit a felony; (C) a felony crime involving property damage; (D) fraud; (E) theft; (F) an act of violence; or (G) an act of terrorism; (2) the individual is found to be registered in the national sex offender public website maintained by the United States Department of Justice or a successor agency; or (3) for an individual who is authorized to undertake digitally prearranged deliveries by motor vehicle, the individual has been convicted in the three-year period preceding the issue date of the driving record obtained under Subsection (a)(3) of: (A) more than four offenses classified by the Department of Public Safety as moving violations; or (B) one or more of the following offenses: (i) fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer under Section 545.421 , Transportation Code; (ii) reckless driving under Section 545.401 , Transportation Code; (iii) driving without a valid driver's license under Section 521.025 , Transportation Code; or (iv) driving with an invalid driver's license under Section 521.457 , Transportation Code. (c) A delivery network company shall conduct or cause to be conducted a criminal background check before authorizing a delivery person to access the company's digital network. (d) A delivery network company shall restrict a delivery person's access to the company's digital network at the request of law enforcement or on receipt of a court order. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 227 (H.B. 4215 ), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2025.