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Tex. Labor Code § 52.003: OFFENSE; PENALTY; DEFENSE.

Where this section sits in the code

LABOR CODE
TITLE 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS
SUBTITLE B. RESTRICTIONS ON LABOR
CHAPTER 52. MISCELLANEOUS RESTRICTIONS
SUBCHAPTER A. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN CONSECUTIVE PERIODS OF EMPLOYMENT

(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this subchapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the employee volunteered for work on the seventh consecutive day and that the employee signed a written statement stating that the employee volunteered. The statement must also contain a provision, signed by the employer or the employer's agent, that the employer did not require the work.

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

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