Section 50-4-31 - Minimum length of hoe handles. - New Mexico Statutes

50-4-31. Minimum length of hoe handles.

A.     An employer of agricultural laborers shall not require an employee to use a hoe that has a handle shorter than four feet while performing agricultural labor that includes weeding, thinning or hot-capping in a stooped, kneeling or squatting position for a commercial farming operation.   

B.     An employer who violates Subsection A of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978.   

C.     This section does not apply to an employer engaged in the operation of a greenhouse or nursery.