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| 1 | 1 | 87R848 KSD-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Canales H.B. No. 344 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the payment of gratuities to certain employees. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 61, Labor Code, is amended | |
| 10 | 10 | by adding Section 61.021 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 61.021. GRATUITIES PAID TO TIPPED EMPLOYEES. (a) In | |
| 12 | 12 | this section, "tipped employee" has the meaning assigned by Section | |
| 13 | 13 | 62.052. | |
| 14 | 14 | (b) An employer may not collect or receive any portion of a | |
| 15 | 15 | gratuity paid to or left for a tipped employee, including for the | |
| 16 | 16 | purpose of compensating a credit or debit card issuer for any | |
| 17 | 17 | financial services rendered on account of the gratuity. The | |
| 18 | 18 | gratuity is the property of the tipped employee. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. Section 61.021, Labor Code, as added by this Act, | |
| 20 | 20 | applies only to a gratuity paid to or left for an employee on or | |
| 21 | 21 | after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |