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Labor Code §62.160
In force on Feb 15, 2013 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2009 · same as today's text
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.
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.
Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.
Every version on file
- Effective Sep 01, 2009 · seen Nov 2026–Nov 2026
Attorney General opinions that cite it
- GA-1015 (Feb 15, 2013): Whether machinery and equipment at a cattle feedlot are used in the "production of farm or ranch products" for purposes of Tax Code section 11.161
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