84R23215 LED-D
By: Farrar H.B. No. 1524
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1524:
By: Romero, Jr. C.S.H.B. No. 1524
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the languages in which certain labor and employment
notices and forms must be provided.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 61, Labor Code, is amended
by adding Section 61.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.006. NOTICE LANGUAGES. The commission shall:
(1) make available any notice the commission is
required to provide to an employee under this chapter in the two
languages that are most commonly spoken in this state; and
(2) ensure that employees are notified of an
employee's ability to request from the commission notice in either
language described by Subdivision (1).
SECTION 2. Section 61.051, Labor Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The commission shall ensure that employees are notified
of an employee's ability to request from the commission a wage claim
form in either language described by Section 61.006.
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 401, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 401.026 to read as follows:
Sec. 401.026. EMPLOYEE NOTICE LANGUAGES. The division
shall make available to an injured employee any notice the division
is required to provide to an injured employee under this subtitle in
the two languages that are most commonly spoken in this state. For
the purpose of this section, notice does not include:
(1) an agreement, award, report, or decision under
Chapter 410;
(2) a commissioner order under this subtitle,
including an order under Chapter 408, 410, or 413;
(3) a matter involving an administrative violation
proceeding under Chapter 415; or
(4) a proceeding or activity under Chapter 2001,
Government Code.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.