Labor Code § 62.160

Sec. 62.160. 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. 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.