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      88(R) HB 737 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            88R2106 SCP-D
         
		By:  Walle
            H.B.  No.  737
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            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)    $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).
         
                          SECTION  2.    Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed.
         
                          SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Labor Code 62.051, Labor Code 62.151 (Labor Code 62)



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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) $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).
	SECTION 2. Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.