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<subtitle article="gle" title_number="7" subtitle_number="4" title_name="Farm Labor Contractors" subtitle_name="Responsibilities of Farm Labor Contractors">
  <section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="7-401" title_number="7" title_name="Farm Labor Contractors" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Responsibilities of Farm Labor Contractors">
    <level label="a">
      <level label="1">
        <text>In accordance with this section, each farm labor contractor shall disclose to each migrant agricultural worker:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>each place of employment in the State;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>a description of the crops and activities involved;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>each condition of employment at each place of employment, including:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>the wage to be paid;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>the person who will pay the wage; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="3">
            <text>when the wage is due;</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="iv">
          <text>the housing, insurance, or transportation that will be provided to the migrant agricultural worker;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="v">
          <text>any cost that will be charged to the migrant agricultural worker for housing, insurance, or transportation; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="vi">
          <text>each labor dispute that the farm labor contractor knows exists at a place of employment.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Each farm labor contractor shall disclose to a migrant agricultural worker the information required under this subsection:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>before the farm labor contractor causes the migrant agricultural worker to enter the State to perform agricultural work;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>if the migrant agricultural worker is recruited in the State, before the farm labor contractor recruits the migrant agricultural worker to perform agricultural work; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>if the farm labor contractor is in the State with a migrant agricultural worker and has recruited the migrant agricultural worker when an agricultural operation asks the farm labor contractor to perform a farm labor contracting service, before the farm labor contractor performs the service.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Each farm labor contractor who provides housing for a migrant agricultural worker, by agreement with an agricultural operation or otherwise, shall ensure that all of the conditions of occupancy are posted conspicuously while the migrant agricultural worker stays in the housing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>Information that a farm labor contractor is required to disclose under this section shall be:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>in writing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>in English or, as necessary and reasonable for migrant agricultural workers who are not fluent or literate in English, in Spanish or another language common to the migrant agricultural workers.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>On request, the Commissioner shall make available to a farm labor contractor forms to be used to disclose information as required under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="7-402" title_number="7" title_name="Farm Labor Contractors" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Responsibilities of Farm Labor Contractors">
    <text>Unless there is just cause for noncompliance, each farm labor contractor shall comply with:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>each written agreement with an agricultural operation that relates to performing a farm labor contracting service or to protecting a migrant agricultural worker under this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>each written agreement or working arrangement with a migrant agricultural worker; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>each written description of conditions of employment, housing, or transportation that is required under this subtitle to be disclosed to migrant agricultural workers.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="7-403" title_number="7" title_name="Farm Labor Contractors" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Responsibilities of Farm Labor Contractors">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The Commissioner may require, by regulation, a farm labor contractor to keep records of:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>wages owed to each migrant agricultural worker for agricultural work performed in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>wages paid to each migrant agricultural worker for agricultural work performed in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A farm labor contractor shall keep all of the records required under subsection (a) of this section even if the farm labor contractor is not responsible for paying a migrant agricultural worker.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="7-404" title_number="7" title_name="Farm Labor Contractors" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Responsibilities of Farm Labor Contractors">
    <level label="a">
      <text>Each farm labor contractor shall ensure that each vehicle that the farm labor contractor uses or causes to be used to transport a migrant agricultural worker in the State meets applicable federal and State standards for safety.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Each farm labor contractor shall ensure that the driver of each vehicle that the farm labor contractor uses or causes to be used to transport a migrant agricultural worker in the State is authorized under Title 16 of the Transportation Article to drive the vehicle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>Each farm labor contractor shall ensure that the owner of each vehicle that the farm labor contractor uses or causes to be used to transport a migrant agricultural worker in the State has a policy that insures against liability for bodily injury and damage to property that arises from the ownership or operation of the vehicle.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The Commissioner shall set, by regulation, the minimum amount of insurance coverage required under paragraph (1) of this subsection, but the amount may not exceed the coverage required under federal law.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>