Texas Agriculture Code Title 5, Chapter 125 - Agricultural Hazard Communication Act

• Texas Section 125.001 - Declaration Of Purpose
  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...
• Texas Section 125.002 - Definitions
  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...
• Texas Section 125.003 - Application
  (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...
• Texas Section 125.004 - Workplace Chemical List
  (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...
• Texas Section 125.005 - Workplace Chemical List Form, Maintenance, And Access
  (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...
• Texas Section 125.006 - Material Safety Data Sheets
  (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...
• Texas Section 125.007 - Labels
  (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...
• Texas Section 125.008 - Emergency Information
  (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...
• Texas Section 125.009 - Training Program Provided By Department
  (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...
• Texas Section 125.010 - Crop Sheet Developed By Department
  (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...
• Texas Section 125.011 - Crop Sheet Provided By Employer
  (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...
• Texas Section 125.012 - Protective Clothing
  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...
• Texas Section 125.013 - Rights Of Agricultural Laborers
  (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...
• Texas Section 125.014 - Department Rules; Outreach Program
  (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...
• Texas Section 125.015 - Liability Under Other Laws
  (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...
• Texas Section 125.016 - Complaints, Investigations, And Penalties
  (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...
• Texas Section 125.017 - Compliance With Hazard Communication Act
  (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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016