Texas Labor Code - Section 406.161. Definitions
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§ 406.161. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Agricultural labor" means the planting,
cultivating, or harvesting of an agricultural or horticultural
commodity in its unmanufactured state.
(2) "Family" means persons related within the third
degree by consanguinity or affinity.
(3) "Labor agent" means a person who:
(A) is a farm labor contractor for purposes of
the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29
U.S.C. Section 1801 et seq.); or
(B) otherwise recruits, solicits, hires,
employs, furnishes, or transports migrant or seasonal agricultural
workers who work for the benefit of a third party.
(4) "Migrant worker" means an individual who is:
(A) employed in agricultural labor of a seasonal
or temporary nature; and
(B) required to be absent overnight from the
worker's permanent place of residence.
(5) "Seasonal worker" means an individual who is:
(A) employed in agricultural or ranch labor of a
seasonal or temporary nature; and
(B) not required to be absent overnight from the
worker's permanent place of residence.
(6) "Truck farm" means a farm on which fruits, garden
vegetables for human consumption, potatoes, sugar beets, or
vegetable seeds are produced for market. The term includes a farm
primarily devoted to one of those crops that also has incidental
acreage of other crops.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Section: 406.127 406.141 406.142 406.143 406.144 406.145 406.146 406.161 406.162 406.163 406.164 406.165 407.001 407.023 407.024
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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