81R11403 SLB-D
By: Farias H.B. No. 3042
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study regarding changing the state minimum wage to the
living wage.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "living wage" means an
employee's wage equal to or greater than the per diem wage that
would result in annual compensation of at least the federal poverty
level for a family of a designated size.
(b) The comptroller shall conduct a study on the probable
effect on state expenditures for state-provided benefits,
including net savings relating to the provision of those benefits,
if the state changed the minimum wage to a living wage.
(c) Not later than September 1, 2010, the comptroller shall
report the results of the study conducted under Subsection (b) of
this section to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker
of the house of representatives, and the standing committee of each
house with jurisdiction over the minimum wage.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.