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Texas Agriculture Code - Chapter 125 Agricultural Hazard Communication ActLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Agriculture Code > Texas Agriculture Code - Chapter 125 Agricultural Hazard Communication Act The legislature finds that the health and safety of persons living and working in agricultural areas in the state may be improved by providing access ... In this chapter: (1) "Agricultural laborer" means a person who plants, cultivates, harvests, or handles an agricultural or horticultural commodity in its unmanufactured state as ... (a) This chapter applies only to the following employers who annually use or store any one of the chemicals covered by this chapter in excess ... (a) An employer covered by this chapter shall compile and maintain a workplace chemical list on a form prescribed by the department that contains the ... (a) The department shall prescribe forms for workplace chemical lists required by this chapter with places to indicate the crop, the product name of the ... (a) Chemical manufacturers and distributors shall provide appropriate MSDSs to purchasers in this state of chemicals covered by this chapter. (b) Employers covered by this ... (a) Existing labels on incoming containers of chemicals covered by this chapter may not be removed or defaced. (b) Agricultural laborers may not be required ... (a) Employers covered by this chapter and other entities who normally store products labeled under the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Section ... (a) The department in conjunction with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service shall develop an on-going training program for agricultural laborers. The program must provide information ... (a) The department shall develop crop sheets that contain the following information: (1) the kinds of chemicals typically used on a particular crop; (2) the ... (a) An employer covered by this chapter shall provide crop sheets to each agricultural laborer pertaining to the crops that laborer will be working with ... An employer covered by this chapter shall provide any protective clothing or device that is recommended by the MSDS, crop sheet, or department rule and ... (a) Agricultural laborers employed by employers covered by this chapter who may be exposed to chemicals covered by this chapter shall be informed of the ... (a) The department may adopt rules and administrative procedures reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) The department shall develop and ... (a) The provision of information to an agricultural laborer does not in any way affect the liability of an employer with regard to the health ... (a) Complaints received in writing from agricultural laborers or their designated representatives relating to alleged violations of this chapter by employers covered by this chapter ... (a) If an employer is required to comply with Chapter 502, Health and Safety Code and with this chapter, the employer is required to comply ... Texas Lawyers
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