{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-52.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 52.021","heading":"MINIMUM LENGTH OF HOE HANDLES.","body":"(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.\n(b) This section does not apply to an employer engaged in the operation of a greenhouse or nursery.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS","SUBTITLE B. RESTRICTIONS ON LABOR","CHAPTER 52. MISCELLANEOUS RESTRICTIONS","SUBCHAPTER C. RESTRICTIONS ON LENGTH OF HOES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.52.htm#52.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"3557686109c6c2b4ac307e9d23ea438a01013fc43b53a9a99714bbbd42eb3f7d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-52.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-52.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}