H.B. No. 1074
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 Section 21.054(b), Labor Code, is repealed.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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1074 was passed by the House on April
17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1074 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor