1-1 By: Thompson, Maxey (Senate Sponsor - Sibley) H.B. No. 533
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 2001;
1-3 April 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Business and Commerce; May 7, 2001, reported favorably by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 7, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the wages paid to certain employees.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Section 62.051, Labor Code, is amended to read as
1-11 follows:
1-12 Sec. 62.051. Minimum Wage. Except as provided by Sections
1-13 62.055 and 62.057, an [An] employer shall pay to each employee the
1-14 federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair Labor Standards Act of
1-15 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206) [not less than $3.35 an hour, except
1-16 as provided by Sections 62.055 and 62.057].
1-17 SECTION 2. Section 62.052(a), Labor Code, is amended to read
1-18 as follows:
1-19 (a) In determining the wage of a tipped employee, the amount
1-20 paid the employee by the employer is the amount described as paid
1-21 to a tipped employee under Section 3(m), Fair Labor Standards Act
1-22 of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 203(m)) [considered to be increased
1-23 because of tips by an amount determined by the employer but that
1-24 does not exceed 50 percent of the applicable minimum wage rate].
1-25 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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