Tex. Lab. Code § 204.009 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
APPLICATION TO LABOR AGENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.204.htm
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