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Texas Labor Code - Section 201.047. Farm And Ranch Labor As Employment

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§ 201.047. FARM AND RANCH LABOR AS EMPLOYMENT.  (a) Farm 
and ranch labor is employment for the purposes of this subtitle if 
the labor:
		(1)  is performed by a seasonal worker employed on a 
truck farm, orchard, or vineyard;
		(2)  is performed by a migrant worker;                                        
		(3)  is performed by a seasonal worker who:                                   
			(A)  is working for a farmer, ranch operator, or 
labor agent who employs a migrant worker;  and
			(B)  is doing the same work at the same time and 
location as the migrant worker;
		(4)  performed after 1986 and the laborer is employed 
by an employing unit that:
			(A)  pays wages in cash of $6,250 or more for the 
labor during a calendar quarter in the calendar year in which the 
labor is performed or the calendar year preceding that year;  or
			(B)  employs three or more individuals in farm and 
ranch labor for a portion of at least one day during at least 20 
different calendar weeks of the calendar year in which the labor is 
performed or the calendar year preceding that year.
	(b)  Wages paid for services described in Subdivision 
(a)(1), (2), or (3) are included in determining the wages paid for 
the purpose of Subdivision (a)(4).

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended 
by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, § 9.24, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

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