Bill Text: TX HB615 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the minimum wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to International Relations & Economic Development [HB615 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB615-Introduced.html
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By: Goodwin | H.B. No. 615 |
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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) 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) [ |
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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 | ||
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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. |