Agriculture Code § 125.014

Sec. 125.014. DEPARTMENT RULES; OUTREACH PROGRAM. (a) The department may adopt rules and administrative procedures reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) The department shall develop and provide to each employer covered by this chapter a suitable form of notice providing agricultural laborers with information regarding their rights under this chapter. (c) As part of an outreach program, the department shall develop and distribute a supply of informational leaflets on employers' duties, agricultural laborers' rights, the public's ability to obtain information under this chapter, the outreach program, and the effects of chemicals covered by this chapter. (d) The department may contract with a public institution of higher education or other public or private organizations to develop and implement the outreach program. (e) The department shall publicize the availability of information to answer inquiries from agricultural laborers, employers, or the public in this state concerning the effects of chemicals covered by this chapter. (f) In cooperation with the department, an employer covered by this chapter may provide an outreach program in the community. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 903, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.