Bill Text: TX SB1162 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the payment of gratuities to certain employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-18 - Left pending in committee [SB1162 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1162-Introduced.html
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By: Garcia | S.B. No. 1162 |
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relating to the payment of gratuities to certain employees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 61, Labor Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 61.021 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 61.021. GRATUITIES PAID TO TIPPED EMPLOYEES. (a) In | ||
this section, "tipped employee" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
62.052. | ||
(b) A gratuity paid to or left for a tipped employee is the | ||
property of the tipped employee. An employer may not collect or | ||
receive any portion of the gratuity for the purpose of compensating | ||
a credit or debit card issuer for any financial services rendered on | ||
account of the gratuity. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 61.021, Labor Code, as added by this Act, | ||
applies only to a gratuity paid to or left for an employee on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |