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2000 Florida Statutes

Section 450.28, Florida Statutes 2000

1450.28  Definitions.--

(1)  "Farm labor contractor" means:

(a)  Any person who, for a fee or other valuable consideration, recruits, transports into or within the state, supplies, or hires at any one time in any calendar year one or more farm workers to work for, or under the direction, supervision, or control of, a third person; or

(b)  Any person who recruits, transports into or within the state, supplies, or hires at any one time in any calendar year one or more farm workers and who, for a fee or other valuable consideration, directs, supervises, or controls all or any part of the work of such workers.

(2)  "Department" means the Department of Labor and Employment Security.

(3)  "Carpool" means an arrangement reached by and between farm workers for transportation to and from work and for which the driver or owner of the vehicle is not paid by any third person other than the members of the carpool.

(4)  "Immediate family member" means a person having one of the following relationships to another: husband, wife, father, mother, son, or daughter.

History.--s. 2, ch. 71-234; s. 1, ch. 77-25; s. 156, ch. 77-104; s. 44, ch. 79-7; s. 1, ch. 83-42; s. 41, ch. 83-174; s. 2, ch. 85-243; s. 30, ch. 95-345; s. 143, ch. 2000-165.

1Note.--Section 1, ch. 77-25, provides that this section is repealed when an agreement is made as permitted in ss. 2-4, ch. 77-25; ss. 2-4, ch. 77-25, were amended by s. 1, ch. 85-243.