Texas Labor Code
§ 204.009 — APPLICATION TO LABOR AGENT
LA § 204.009Title 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT · Part A. TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT · Ch. 204. CONTRIBUTIONS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(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.).
Legislative history
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.