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Tex. Lab. Code § 204.009

APPLICATION TO LABOR AGENT

Known as the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act

The act spans §§ 201.001–215.044 (345 sections).

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff

(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.).

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.