83R1885 MAW-F
By: M. Gonzalez of El Paso H.B. No. 3625
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to administrative penalties assessed by the Texas
Workforce Commission against certain employers for failure to pay
wages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.053(a), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) If the commission examiner, a wage claim appeal
tribunal, or the commission determines that an employer acted in
bad faith in not paying wages as required by this chapter, the
examiner, tribunal, or commission, in addition to ordering the
payment of the wages, shall [may] assess an administrative penalty
against the employer.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.