By Burnam H.B. No. 197
76R728 PB-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the minimum wage.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 62.003(b), Labor Code, is amended to read
1-5 as follows:
1-6 (b) An earnings statement must be signed by the employer or
1-7 the employer's agent and must show:
1-8 (1) the name of the employee;
1-9 (2) the rate of pay;
1-10 (3) the total amount of pay earned by the employee
1-11 during the pay period;
1-12 (4) any deduction made from the employee's pay and the
1-13 purpose of the deduction;
1-14 (5) the amount of pay after all deductions are made;
1-15 and
1-16 (6) the total number of:
1-17 (A) hours worked by the employee if the
1-18 employee's pay is computed by the hour; or
1-19 (B) units produced by the employee during the
1-20 pay period if the employee's pay is computed on a piece rate[; and]
1-21 [(7) the words "medical certificate," if the employee
1-22 is paid a wage lower than the applicable minimum wage under Section
1-23 62.055].
1-24 SECTION 2. Section 62.051, Labor Code, is amended to read as
2-1 follows:
2-2 Sec. 62.051. MINIMUM WAGE. Except as provided by Section
2-3 62.057, an [An] employer shall pay to each employee not less than:
2-4 (1) $6.00 [$3.35] an hour on or after September 1,
2-5 1999, but before January 1, 2000; and
2-6 (2) $6.50 an hour on or after January 1, 2000 [,
2-7 except as provided by Sections 62.055 and 62.057].
2-8 SECTION 3. Section 62.201, Labor Code, is amended to read as
2-9 follows:
2-10 Sec. 62.201. CIVIL PENALTY. An employer who violates
2-11 Section 62.051, 62.052, 62.053, or 62.054[, 62.055, or 62.056] or
2-12 Subchapter C is liable to an affected employee in the amount of the
2-13 unpaid wages plus an additional equal amount as liquidated damages.
2-14 SECTION 4. Sections 62.055 and 62.056, Labor Code, are
2-15 repealed.
2-16 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-17 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
2-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.