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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the minimum wage. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 62.051, Labor Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 62.051. MINIMUM WAGE. Except as provided by Section |
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62.057, an employer shall pay to each employee: |
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(1) Beginning on or after September 1, 2007 not less |
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than the greater of $6.25 an hour; and |
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(1) Beginning on or after September 1, 2008, not less |
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than the greater of $7.25 an hour; or |
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(2) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair |
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Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |