82R2079 KSD-D
By: Alonzo H.B. No. 276
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the minimum wage.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 62.051, Labor Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 62.051. MINIMUM WAGE. Except as provided by Section
62.057, an employer shall pay to each employee not less than the
greater of:
(1) $6.15 an hour; or
(2) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.