Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 143.001

  • 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:
(1) “Employer” means a person who, directly, indirectly, or through an employee, agent, independent contractor, or any other person, delivers to another person materials for articles that are:
(A) to be manufactured in a home and returned to the employer; and
(B) not for the personal use of the employer or a member of the employer’s family.
(2) “Home” means a room, house, apartment, or other premises, whichever is most extensive, that is used in whole or in part as a dwelling.
(3) “Industrial homework” means the manufacture, in a home, of articles for an employer.
(4) “Manufacture” includes preparation, alteration, repair, or finishing, in whole or in part, for profit or compensation.