Bill Text: TX HB174 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to requiring a living wage for those that do business with the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-09 - Referred to Business & Industry [HB174 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB174-Introduced.html

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By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 174

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring a living wage for those that do business with
the state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 403.0307 to read as follows:
Sec. 403.0306. LIVING WAGE REQUIRED. (a) The comptroller
by rule shall require each of the following entities to adopt a
living wage policy:
(1) state agencies;
(2) political subdivisions of this state; and
(3) vendors and other contractors of a state agency.
(b) The living wage policy shall require an entity to pay to
each employee not less than the greater of:
(1) $10.10 an hour; or
(2) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206).