Bill Text: TX HB937 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the minimum wage.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-20 - Left pending in committee [HB937 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB937-Introduced.html
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By: Thompson of Harris | H.B. No. 937 |
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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) Except as provided by | ||
Sections 62.052 and [ |
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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). | ||
(b) This subsection applies to wages paid by an employer for | ||
the 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 calendar years. Subsection (a) does | ||
not apply in a year to which this subsection applies. Except as | ||
provided by Sections 62.052 and 62.057: | ||
(1) for the 2018 and 2019 calendar years, an employer | ||
shall pay to each employee not less than the greater of: | ||
(A) $8.25 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 2020 and 2021 calendar years, an employer | ||
shall pay to each employee not less than the greater of: | ||
(A) $9.25 an hour; or | ||
(B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, | ||
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206). | ||
(c) Subsection (b) and this subsection expire January 1, | ||
2022. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 62.052, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) 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 [ |
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amount described as paid to a tipped employee under Section 3(m), | ||
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 203(m)), plus | ||
$2.85 an hour. | ||
(c) This subsection applies to wages paid by an employer for | ||
the 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 calendar years. Subsection (a) does | ||
not apply in a year to which this subsection applies. In determining | ||
the wage of a tipped employee, the amount paid the employee by the | ||
employer may not be less than the amount described as paid to a | ||
tipped employee under Section 3(m), Fair Labor Standards Act of | ||
1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 203(m)), plus: | ||
(1) for the 2018 and 2019 calendar years, $1 an hour; | ||
and | ||
(2) for the 2020 and 2021 calendar years, $2 an hour. | ||
(d) Subsection (c) and this subsection expire January 1, | ||
2022. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. |