Texas § 62.160 AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTIONS.

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§ 62.160 — AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTIONS.

Texas § 62.160

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Tex. Labor Code Code Ann. § 62.160 (2026).

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Sec. 62.160. AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTIONS.

(a)An employer is exempt from this chapter with respect to employment of a person in dairy farming.

(b)Sections 62.051-62.054 do not apply to an agricultural employer with respect to an employee engaged in the production of livestock.

(c)In this section, "production of livestock" includes:

(1)any livestock operation, without regard to size or type of location, in which the land produces forage or feedstuffs, including naturally or artificially revegetated forage or feedstuffs;

(2)breeding, feeding, watering, containing, maintaining, and caring for livestock;

(3)production of livestock in feedlots; and

(4)all other activities necessary or useful to the raising of livestock.

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Sec. 62.160. AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTIONS. (a) An employer is exempt from this chapter with respect to employment of a person in dairy farming.
(b) Sections 62.051-62.054 do not apply to an agricultural employer with respect to an employee engaged in the production of livestock.
(c) In this section, "production of livestock" includes:
(1) any livestock operation, without regard to size or type of location, in which the land produces forage or feedstuffs, including naturally or artificially revegetated forage or feedstuffs;
(2) breeding, feeding, watering, containing, maintaining, and caring for livestock;
(3) production of livestock in feedlots; and
(4) all other activities necessary or useful to the raising of livestock.

Legislative History

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016 ), Sec. 5.34, eff. September 1, 2009.