Tex. Labor Code § 62.002
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 62.002, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 62.002. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter, unless the context requires a different definition:
(1) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506, Sec. 5.35(10), eff. September 1, 2009.
(2) "Agriculture" includes:
(A) farming in all its branches;
(B) cultivating and tilling the soil;
(C) dairying;
(D) producing, cultivating, growing, and harvesting an agricultural or horticultural commodity, including a commodity defined as an agricultural commodity by Section 15(g), Agricultural Marketing Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1141j(g));
(E) raising livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals, or poultry; and
(F) any practice performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with farming operations, including:
(i) forestry or lumber operations;
(ii) preparation for market; and
(iii) delivery to storage, market, or a carrier for transportation to market.
(3) "Commission" means the Texas Employment Commission.
(4) "Employ" includes to permit to work.
(5) "Employee" includes any individual employed by an employer.
(6) "Employer" includes a person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee.
(7) "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative, or any organized group of persons.
(1) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506, Sec. 5.35(10), eff. September 1, 2009.
(2) "Agriculture" includes:
(A) farming in all its branches;
(B) cultivating and tilling the soil;
(C) dairying;
(D) producing, cultivating, growing, and harvesting an agricultural or horticultural commodity, including a commodity defined as an agricultural commodity by Section 15(g), Agricultural Marketing Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1141j(g));
(E) raising livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals, or poultry; and
(F) any practice performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with farming operations, including:
(i) forestry or lumber operations;
(ii) preparation for market; and
(iii) delivery to storage, market, or a carrier for transportation to market.
(3) "Commission" means the Texas Employment Commission.
(4) "Employ" includes to permit to work.
(5) "Employee" includes any individual employed by an employer.
(6) "Employer" includes a person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee.
(7) "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative, or any organized group of persons.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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