Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Labor Code § 52.021: MINIMUM LENGTH OF HOE HANDLES.

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LABOR CODE
TITLE 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS
SUBTITLE B. RESTRICTIONS ON LABOR
CHAPTER 52. MISCELLANEOUS RESTRICTIONS
SUBCHAPTER C. 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.

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

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