Texas Labor Code 62.002 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Labor Code 62.002
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this chapter, unless the context requires a different definition:
(1) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506, Sec. 5.35(10), eff. September 1, 2009.
(2) “Agriculture” includes:
(A) farming in all its branches;
(B) cultivating and tilling the soil;
(C) dairying;
(D) producing, cultivating, growing, and harvesting an agricultural or horticultural commodity, including a commodity defined as an agricultural commodity by Section 15(g), Agricultural Marketing Act (12 U.S.C. § 1141j(g));
(E) raising livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals, or poultry; and
(F) any practice performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with farming operations, including:
(i) forestry or lumber operations;
(ii) preparation for market; and
(iii) delivery to storage, market, or a carrier for transportation to market.
(3) “Commission” means the Texas Employment Commission.
(4) “Employ” includes to permit to work.
(5) “Employee” includes any individual employed by an employer.
(6) “Employer” includes a person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee.
(7) “Person” means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative, or any organized group of persons.