Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB60 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 11/09/2020

                            87R2423 KSD-D
 By: Reynolds H.B. No. 60


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the minimum wage.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 62.051, Labor Code, is amended to read as
 follows:
 Sec. 62.051.  MINIMUM WAGE.  Except as provided by Section
 62.057, an employer shall pay to each employee not less than the
 greater of:
 (1)  $15.00 an hour; or
 (2)  the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair
 Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206).
 SECTION 2.  Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.