Definitions.
San Antonio City Code § 15-269
in effectSec. 15-269. - Definitions.
In this article:
City means the City of San Antonio, Texas.
Department means the health department of the city also known as the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District.
Director means the director of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District or their authorized designee.
Employee means an individual who performs work for pay within the City of San Antonio, Texas for an employer including work performed through the services of a temporary or employment agency. An employee who is typically based outside of the city (the employee works outside the geographical boundaries of the City of San Antonio for more than fifty (50) percent of work hours in a year) and performs work in the city on an occasional basis is covered by this article if the employee performs more than two hundred forty (240) hours of work in the city within a year. Employee does not mean an individual who is an independent contractor according to title 40, section 821.5 of the Texas Administrative Code (TAC).
Employer means any person, company, corporation, firm, partnership, labor organization, non-profit organization, or association that pays an employee to perform work for an employer and exercises control over the employee's wages hours and working conditions. The term does not include:
(1) The United States;
(2) A corporation wholly owned by the government of the United States;
(3) The state or any state agency;
(4) The City of San Antonio, Texas, or any other political subdivision of the state or other agency that cannot be legally regulated by city ordinance; or
(5) Any person, company, corporation, or firm subject to, or with employees subject to the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).
Family member means:
(1) Any of the following as they relate to an employee:
a. Spouses, domestic partners, and both different-sex and same-sex significant others; or
b. Any other family member within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity; or
c. A member of the covered employee's household;
(2) A minor's parents, regardless of the sex or gender of either parent.
The concept of parenthood is to be liberally construed without limitation as encompassing legal parents, foster parents, same-sex parent, step-parents, those serving in loco parentis, and other persons operating in caretaker roles.
Sick and safe leave means a period of paid leave from work accrued by an employee in accord with this article. Sick and safe leave is a fringe benefit as defined by the Texas Labor Code and not a wage or a component of salary.
Year means a regular and consecutive twelve (12) month period as determined by the employer.
(Ord. No. 2018-08-16-0620, § 2, 8-16-18; Ord. No. 2019-10-03-0795, § 1, 10-3-19)
Source: City of San Antonio, City Code, City Charter and Unified Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/san_antonio/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH15HE_ARTXISISALEBE_S15-269DEFetched: 10/27/2026