85R3244 LED-D
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 937
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. (a) Except as provided by
Sections 62.052 and [Section] 62.057, an employer shall pay to each
employee not less than the greater of:
(1) $10.10 an hour; or
(2) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206).
(b) This subsection applies to wages paid by an employer for
the 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 calendar years. Subsection (a) does
not apply in a year to which this subsection applies. Except as
provided by Sections 62.052 and 62.057:
(1) for the 2018 and 2019 calendar years, an employer
shall pay to each employee not less than the greater of:
(A) $8.25 an hour; or
(B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6,
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206); and
(2) for the 2020 and 2021 calendar years, an employer
shall pay to each employee not less than the greater of:
(A) $9.25 an hour; or
(B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6,
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206).
(c) Subsection (b) and this subsection expire January 1,
2022.
SECTION 2. Section 62.052, Labor Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
as follows:
(a) In determining the wage of a tipped employee, the amount
paid the employee by the employer may not be less than [is] the
amount described as paid to a tipped employee under Section 3(m),
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 203(m)), plus
$2.85 an hour.
(c) This subsection applies to wages paid by an employer for
the 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 calendar years. Subsection (a) does
not apply in a year to which this subsection applies. In determining
the wage of a tipped employee, the amount paid the employee by the
employer may not be less than the amount described as paid to a
tipped employee under Section 3(m), Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 203(m)), plus:
(1) for the 2018 and 2019 calendar years, $1 an hour;
and
(2) for the 2020 and 2021 calendar years, $2 an hour.
(d) Subsection (c) and this subsection expire January 1,
2022.
SECTION 3. Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.