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| 1 | 1 | 81R5515 ALB-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Darby H.B. No. 2661 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to jurisdiction over a wage claim filed after the | |
| 8 | 8 | deadline. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 61.051(c), Labor Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) A wage claim must be filed not later than the 180th day | |
| 13 | 13 | after the date the wages claimed became due for payment. The | |
| 14 | 14 | 180-day deadline is a matter of jurisdiction. | |
| 15 | 15 | SECTION 2. Section 61.052, Labor Code, is amended by adding | |
| 16 | 16 | Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | |
| 17 | 17 | (b-1) If a wage claim is filed later than the date described | |
| 18 | 18 | by Section 61.051(c), the examiner shall dismiss the wage claim for | |
| 19 | 19 | lack of jurisdiction. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 21 | 21 | to a wage claim filed with the Texas Workforce Commission on or | |
| 22 | 22 | after the effective date of this Act. A wage claim filed before the | |
| 23 | 23 | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | |
| 24 | 24 | date the wage claim was filed, and the former law is continued in | |
| 25 | 25 | effect for that purpose. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |