Bill Text: TX HB399 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed

Texas House Bill 399 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the period during which an employee may file a claim for unpaid wages with the Texas Workforce Commission.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-07 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [HB399 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB399-Engrossed.html

	86R1155 LED-D

	By: Hernandez, Ramos	H.B. No. 399



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the period during which an employee may file a claim for
	unpaid wages with the Texas Workforce Commission.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 61.051(c), Labor Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(c) A wage claim must be filed not later than the first
	anniversary of [~~180th day after~~] the date the wages claimed became
	due for payment. The filing [~~180-day~~] deadline is a matter of
	jurisdiction.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
	61.051, Labor Code, applies to a wage claim filed under Subchapter
	D, Chapter 61, Labor Code, for wages that become due for payment on
	or after March 5, 2019. A wage claim for wages that became due for
	payment before that date is governed by the law in effect
	immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former
	law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.