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Texas Labor Code - Section 204.009. Application To Labor Agent

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§ 204.009. APPLICATION TO LABOR AGENT.  (a) A labor agent 
who furnishes a farm and ranch laborer is liable for the payment of 
a tax under this subtitle as if the labor agent were the employer of 
the laborer, without regard to any factor used to determine an 
employer-employee relationship, including the right of control.
	(b)  If a labor agent does not pay the tax in accordance with 
this subtitle, a person who contracts with the labor agent for the 
services of a farm and ranch laborer is jointly and severally liable 
with the labor agent for payment of the tax under this subtitle as 
an employer.
	(c)  A labor agent shall notify each person with whom the 
labor agent contracts whether the labor agent pays the tax under 
this subtitle.
	(d)  A labor agent who pays the tax shall present evidence of 
payment to each person with whom the labor agent contracts.
	(e)  In this section, "labor agent" means a person who is a 
farm labor contractor under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural 
Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. Section 1801 et seq.).

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.                    

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