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House committee adopts amendment expanding landowner liability for unregistered farmworker camps
Summary
The House Committee on Rules adopted the dash 6 amendment to House Bill 3,194, creating joint and several liability for landowners when their property is used for unregistered farmworker camps in certain circumstances and sending the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The House Committee on Rules on June 12 adopted amendments to House Bill 3,194 that expand civil liability for landowners whose property is used as unregistered farmworker camps and sent the bill to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The measure, as described to the committee by a legislative staff member, would create joint and several liability for landowners and farmworker camp operators who violate farmworker camp operator requirements unless the landowner delegated authority to a camp operator and had no actual knowledge or reason to know of the operator's noncompliance. The amended language before the committee (dash 6) also creates a rebuttable presumption that a…
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