| TO: | Honorable Joe Deshotel, Chair, House Committee on Business & Industry |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB183 by Alonzo (Relating to the minimum wage.), As Introduced |
The bill would require employers to pay each employee not less than the greater of $6.15 an hour or the federal minimum wage.
The federal minimum wage was increased to $6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008. The federal minimum wage is scheduled to increase to $7.25 per hour on July 24, 2009. Since the federal minimum wage as of September 1, 2009 will be greater than required minimum of $6.15, the bill does not have a fiscal impact
Local workforce development boards are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and are exempt from compliance with the provisions of the bill; therefore, no fiscal implication to local workforce development boards is anticipated.
| Source Agencies: | 303 Facilities Commission, 320 Texas Workforce Commission, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 601 Department of Transportation
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, JRO, MB, TP
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