Bill Text: TX SB229 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the minimum wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB229 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB229-Introduced.html
By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 229 | |
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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. Except as provided by Section | ||
62.057, an employer shall pay to each 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). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017, but only | ||
if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 85th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2017, establishing a minimum wage of the greater | ||
of $10.10 an hour or the federal minimum wage is approved by the | ||
voters. If that proposed constitutional amendment is not approved | ||
by the voters, this Act has no effect. |