Bill Text: TX HJR57 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an increased minimum wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-20 - Left pending in committee [HJR57 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HJR57-Introduced.html
| 85R6081 SMT-D | ||
| By: Walle | H.J.R. No. 57 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an increased | ||
| minimum wage. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 29 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 29. (a) An employer in this state shall pay to an | ||
| employee for services performed by the employee not less than the | ||
| greater of: | ||
| (1) $15.00 an hour; or | ||
| (2) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair | ||
| Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206). | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to: | ||
| (1) wages paid to an individual to whom Section | ||
| 62.057, Labor Code, applies, as that section existed on January 1, | ||
| 2018; or | ||
| (2) an employer to which an exemption under Subchapter | ||
| D, Chapter 62, Labor Code, applies, as that subchapter existed on | ||
| January 1, 2018. | ||
| (c) The legislature by general law may repeal or otherwise | ||
| limit but may not expand the applicability of Section 62.057, Labor | ||
| Code, or an exemption under Subchapter D, Chapter 62, Labor Code, | ||
| that is in effect on January 1, 2018. | ||
| SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to | ||
| the Texas Constitution: | ||
| TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies | ||
| to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 85th Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 2017, establishing a minimum wage of the greater | ||
| of $15.00 an hour or the federal minimum wage. | ||
| (b) Section 29, Article XVI, of this constitution takes | ||
| effect January 1, 2018. | ||
| (c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2019. | ||
| SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment establishing a minimum | ||
| wage of the greater of $15.00 an hour or the federal minimum wage." | ||
