Bill Text: TX HB3274 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to establishing a minimum wage for public school employees.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Referred to Public Education [HB3274 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3274-Introduced.html
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| By: González of Dallas | H.B. No. 3274 | |
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| relating to establishing a minimum wage for public school | ||
| employees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 62, Labor Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 62.058 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 62.058. MINIMUM WAGE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. (a) | ||
| In this section: | ||
| (1) "Open-enrollment charter school" means a school | ||
| that has been granted a charter under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, | ||
| Education Code. | ||
| (2) "School district" means any public school district | ||
| in this state. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Section 62.051 or 62.151 or any other | ||
| law, an open-enrollment charter school or school district shall pay | ||
| to each employee of the open-enrollment charter school or school | ||
| district not less than the greater of: | ||
| (1) $15 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
