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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 payment of gratuities to certain employees. |
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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. Subchapter B, Chapter 61, Labor Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | by adding Section 61.021 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 61.021. GRATUITIES PAID TO TIPPED EMPLOYEES. (a) In |
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| 12 | 12 | | this section, "tipped employee" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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| 13 | 13 | | 62.052. |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) An employer may not collect or receive any portion of a |
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| 15 | 15 | | gratuity paid to or left for a tipped employee, including for the |
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| 16 | 16 | | purpose of compensating a credit or debit card issuer for any |
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| 17 | 17 | | financial services rendered on account of the gratuity. The |
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| 18 | 18 | | gratuity is the property of the tipped employee. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 61.021, Labor Code, as added by this Act, |
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| 20 | 20 | | applies only to a gratuity paid to or left for an employee on or |
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| 21 | 21 | | after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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