| 1 | 1 | | 88R249 RDS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Herrero H.B. No. 4268 |
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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 period during which an employee may file a claim for |
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| 8 | 8 | | unpaid wages with the Texas Workforce Commission. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 61.051(c), Labor Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (c) A wage claim must be filed not later than the first |
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| 13 | 13 | | anniversary of [180th day after] the date the wages claimed became |
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| 14 | 14 | | due for payment. The filing [180-day] deadline is a matter of |
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| 15 | 15 | | jurisdiction. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 17 | 17 | | 61.051, Labor Code, applies to a wage claim filed under Subchapter |
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| 18 | 18 | | D, Chapter 61, Labor Code, for wages that become due for payment on |
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| 19 | 19 | | or after March 5, 2023. A wage claim for wages that became due for |
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| 20 | 20 | | payment before that date is governed by the law in effect |
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| 21 | 21 | | immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former |
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| 22 | 22 | | law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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