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Texas Labor Code § 52.021

Minimum Length of Hoe Handles

Miscellaneous Restrictions · Restrictions on Length of Hoes

(a) An employer of agricultural laborers may not require an employee to use a hoe that has a handle shorter than four feet while performing agricultural labor in a commercial farming operation.

(b) This section does not apply to an employer engaged in the operation of a greenhouse or nursery.

Official text of the Texas Labor Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

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

Sections that refer to this one

§ 52.022