SECTION 265.32. Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the text clearly indicates otherwise.

(1) Board--The Texas Board of Health or its successor.

(2) Department--The Department of State Health Services.

(3) Facility--A migrant labor housing facility. It consists of one or more buildings, structures, trailers, or vehicles, contiguous or grouped, together with the land appertaining thereto, established, operated, or used as living quarters for two or more seasonal, temporary, or migrant families or three or more seasonal, temporary, or migrant workers for more than three days, whether or not rent is paid or reserved in connections with the use or occupancy of such premises.

(4) Person--An individual or group of individuals, association, partnership, corporation, or political subdivision.

(5) Worker--A migrant agricultural worker is an individual working or available for work, primarily in agricultural or related industry on a seasonal or temporary basis and who moves one or more times from one place to another for the purpose of such employment or availability for seasonal or temporary employment.

Source Note: The provisions of this §265.32 adopted to be effective September 3, 1985, 10 TexReg 3319; amended to be effective January 1, 2005, 29 TexReg 11986