By Maxey H.B. No. 97
77R59 JMM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the wages paid to certain tipped employees.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 62.052(a), Labor Code, is amended to read
1-5 as follows:
1-6 (a) In determining the wage of a tipped employee, the amount
1-7 paid the employee by the employer is the amount described as paid
1-8 to a tipped employee under Section 3(m), Fair Labor Standards Act
1-9 of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 203(m)) [considered to be increased
1-10 because of tips by an amount determined by the employer but that
1-11 does not exceed 50 percent of the applicable minimum wage rate].
1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.