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| 1 | 1 | 86R873 KKR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Krause H.B. No. 222 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to prohibiting a municipality from requiring an employer | |
| 8 | 8 | to provide paid sick leave. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Chapter 83 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | CHAPTER 83. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT LEAVE | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 83.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) "Employee" means an individual who is employed by | |
| 15 | 15 | an employer for compensation. | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) "Employer" means a person who employs one or more | |
| 17 | 17 | employees. | |
| 18 | 18 | Sec. 83.002. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF SICK LEAVE PROHIBITED. | |
| 19 | 19 | (a) The governing body of a municipality may not adopt or enforce | |
| 20 | 20 | any ordinance, rule, or regulation that requires an employer to | |
| 21 | 21 | provide to an employee paid sick leave. | |
| 22 | 22 | (b) An ordinance, rule, or regulation that violates | |
| 23 | 23 | Subsection (a) is void and unenforceable. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. Chapter 83, Labor Code, as added by this Act, | |
| 25 | 25 | applies to an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted before, on, or | |
| 26 | 26 | after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |