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| 1 | 1 | 86R13072 LED-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: González of Dallas H.B. No. 3274 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to establishing a minimum wage for public school | |
| 8 | 8 | employees. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 62, Labor Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by adding Section 62.058 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 62.058. MINIMUM WAGE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. (a) | |
| 13 | 13 | In this section: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) "Open-enrollment charter school" means a school | |
| 15 | 15 | that has been granted a charter under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, | |
| 16 | 16 | Education Code. | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) "School district" means any public school district | |
| 18 | 18 | in this state. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) Notwithstanding Section 62.051 or 62.151 or any other | |
| 20 | 20 | law, an open-enrollment charter school or school district shall pay | |
| 21 | 21 | to each employee of the open-enrollment charter school or school | |
| 22 | 22 | district not less than the greater of: | |
| 23 | 23 | (1) $15 an hour; or | |
| 24 | 24 | (2) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair | |
| 25 | 25 | Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206). | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |