Bill Text: TX HB615 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the minimum wage.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to International Relations & Economic Development [HB615 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB615-Introduced.html

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87R1732 KKR-F
By: Goodwin H.B. No. 615

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. (a) In this section, "consumer
price index" means the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners
and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (f) [Section 62.057],
an employer shall pay to each employee not less than the greater of:
(1) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206); or
(2) the adjusted minimum wage as determined under
Subsection (c).
(c) On December 1 of each year, the comptroller shall
determine the adjusted minimum wage to be paid under Subsection (b)
for the next calendar year by increasing the minimum wage paid under
that subsection for that calendar year by the percentage increase,
if any, in the consumer price index for the 12 months preceding that
date. The comptroller shall compute the adjusted minimum wage to
the nearest cent.
(d) This subsection applies to wages paid by an employer for
the 2022 and 2023 calendar years. Subsection (b) does not apply in
a year to which this subsection applies. An employer shall pay to
each employee:
(1) for the 2022 calendar year, not less than the
greater of:
(A) $11.25 an hour; or
(B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6,
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206); and
(2) for the 2023 calendar year, not less than the
greater of:
(A) $15 an hour; or
(B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6,
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206).
(e) Subsection (d) and this subsection expire January 1,
2024.
(f) This section does not apply to compensation paid to a
person under Section 62.057.
SECTION 2. Section 62.052(a), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) In determining the wage of a tipped employee, the amount
paid the employee by the employer may not be less than 50 percent of
[is] the amount required by [described as paid to a tipped employee
under] Section 62.051 [3(m), Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29
U.S.C. Section 203(m))].
SECTION 3. Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed.
SECTION 4. (a) On November 1, 2023, the comptroller of
public accounts shall set the adjusted minimum wage for purposes of
Section 62.051, Labor Code, as amended by this Act, at an amount
equal to the greater of:
(1) $15 an hour; or
(2) the amount of the federal minimum wage under
Section 6, Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206),
in effect on that date.
(b) On December 1, 2023, the comptroller of public accounts
shall determine the first increase in the adjusted minimum wage, if
any, as required by Section 62.051(c), Labor Code, as added by this
Act.
SECTION 5. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
section, this Act takes effect January 1, 2022.
(b) Section 62.051(b), Labor Code, as added by this Act,
takes effect January 1, 2024.