| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 762 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to filing a wage claim. |
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| 6 | 6 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 7 | 7 | | SECTION 1. Sections 61.051(b) and (d), Labor Code, are |
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| 8 | 8 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 9 | 9 | | (b) A wage claim must be filed in a manner and [in writing] |
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| 10 | 10 | | on a form prescribed by the commission and must be verified by the |
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| 11 | 11 | | employee. |
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| 12 | 12 | | (d) The employee may file the wage claim: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) in person at an office of the commission; [or] |
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| 14 | 14 | | (2) by mailing the claim to an address designated by |
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| 15 | 15 | | the commission; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (3) by faxing the claim to a fax number designated by |
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| 17 | 17 | | the commission; or |
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| 18 | 18 | | (4) by any other means adopted by the commission by |
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| 19 | 19 | | rule. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 21 | 21 | | to a wage claim that is filed with the Texas Workforce Commission on |
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| 22 | 22 | | or after the effective date of this Act. A wage claim filed before |
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| 23 | 23 | | that date is governed by the law in effect on the date that the claim |
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| 24 | 24 | | was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 25 | 25 | | purpose. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 27 | 27 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 29 | 29 | | I certify that H.B. No. 762 was passed by the House on March |
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| 30 | 30 | | 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 31 | 31 | | voting. |
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| 32 | 32 | | ______________________________ |
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| 33 | 33 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 34 | 34 | | I certify that H.B. No. 762 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 35 | 35 | | 12, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 36 | 36 | | ______________________________ |
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| 37 | 37 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 38 | 38 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | Date |
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| 40 | 40 | | _____________________ |
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| 41 | 41 | | Governor |
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