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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