By Maxey                                                H.B. No. 97
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                                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.