79R4647 PB-D

By:  Burnam                                                       H.B. No. 816



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the minimum wage.                                                 
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 62.051, Labor Code, is amended to read as 
follows:       
	Sec. 62.051.  MINIMUM WAGE.  Except as provided by Section 
62.057, an employer shall pay to each employee not less than the 
greater of:
		(1)  $6.15 an hour; or                                                 
		(2)  the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.