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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to filing a wage claim. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 61.051(b) and (d), Labor Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A wage claim must be filed in a manner and [in writing] |
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on a form prescribed by the commission and must be verified by the |
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employee. |
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(d) The employee may file the wage claim: |
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(1) in person at an office of the commission; [or] |
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(2) by mailing the claim to an address designated by |
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the commission; |
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(3) by faxing the claim to a fax number designated by |
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the commission; or |
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(4) by any other means adopted by the commission by |
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rule. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a wage claim that is filed with the Texas Workforce Commission on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. A wage claim filed before |
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that date is governed by the law in effect on the date that the claim |
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was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |