By: Price, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1074
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019;
May 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
Resources & Economic Development; May 9, 2019, reported favorably
by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 9, 2019, sent to
printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibition against age discrimination in certain
employment training programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.101, Labor Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 21.101. AGE DISCRIMINATION LIMITED TO INDIVIDUALS OF
CERTAIN AGE. The [Except as provided by Section 21.054, the]
provisions of this chapter referring to discrimination because of
age or on the basis of age apply only to discrimination against an
individual 40 years of age or older.
SECTION 2. Section 21.054(b), Labor Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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