80R2022 ABC-D

By: Alonzo H.B. No. 236

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, 2007.