| 1 | 1 | | 85R3244 LED-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 937 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the minimum wage. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 62.051, Labor Code, is amended to read as |
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| 10 | 10 | | follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 62.051. MINIMUM WAGE. (a) Except as provided by |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sections 62.052 and [Section] 62.057, an employer shall pay to each |
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| 13 | 13 | | employee not less than the greater of: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) $10.10 an hour; or |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair |
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| 16 | 16 | | Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206). |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) This subsection applies to wages paid by an employer for |
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| 18 | 18 | | the 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 calendar years. Subsection (a) does |
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| 19 | 19 | | not apply in a year to which this subsection applies. Except as |
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| 20 | 20 | | provided by Sections 62.052 and 62.057: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) for the 2018 and 2019 calendar years, an employer |
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| 22 | 22 | | shall pay to each employee not less than the greater of: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (A) $8.25 an hour; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, |
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| 25 | 25 | | Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206); and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) for the 2020 and 2021 calendar years, an employer |
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| 27 | 27 | | shall pay to each employee not less than the greater of: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (A) $9.25 an hour; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, |
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| 30 | 30 | | Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206). |
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| 31 | 31 | | (c) Subsection (b) and this subsection expire January 1, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2022. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. Section 62.052, Labor Code, is amended by |
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| 34 | 34 | | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read |
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| 35 | 35 | | as follows: |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) In determining the wage of a tipped employee, the amount |
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| 37 | 37 | | paid the employee by the employer may not be less than [is] the |
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| 38 | 38 | | amount described as paid to a tipped employee under Section 3(m), |
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| 39 | 39 | | Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 203(m)), plus |
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| 40 | 40 | | $2.85 an hour. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (c) This subsection applies to wages paid by an employer for |
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| 42 | 42 | | the 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 calendar years. Subsection (a) does |
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| 43 | 43 | | not apply in a year to which this subsection applies. In determining |
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| 44 | 44 | | the wage of a tipped employee, the amount paid the employee by the |
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| 45 | 45 | | employer may not be less than the amount described as paid to a |
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| 46 | 46 | | tipped employee under Section 3(m), Fair Labor Standards Act of |
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| 47 | 47 | | 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 203(m)), plus: |
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| 48 | 48 | | (1) for the 2018 and 2019 calendar years, $1 an hour; |
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| 49 | 49 | | and |
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| 50 | 50 | | (2) for the 2020 and 2021 calendar years, $2 an hour. |
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| 51 | 51 | | (d) Subsection (c) and this subsection expire January 1, |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2022. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 3. Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. |
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