By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 2443
(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;
May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
Resources & Economic Development; May 17, 2017, reported favorably
by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to
printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the electronic submission of a wage claim to the Texas
Workforce Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.051(d), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) The employee may file the wage claim:
(1) in person at an office of the commission;
(2) by mailing the claim to an address designated by
the commission;
(3) by faxing the claim to a fax number designated by
the commission; [or]
(4) electronically in a manner designated by the
commission by rule; or
(5) by any other means adopted by the commission by
rule.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas
Workforce Commission shall adopt rules for the administration of
Section 61.051(d), Labor Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a wage claim that is filed with the Texas Workforce Commission on
or after January 1, 2018. A wage claim filed before that date is
governed by the law in effect on the date that the claim was filed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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