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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to adjusting the minimum wage based on the consumer price |
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index. |
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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. ADJUSTED MINIMUM WAGE. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Adjusted minimum wage" means the federal minimum |
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wage under Section 6, Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. |
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Section 206), as adjusted under Subsection (c). |
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(2) "Consumer price index" means the Consumer Price |
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Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), |
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published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States |
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Department of Labor. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (e) [Section 62.057], |
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an employer shall pay to each employee the adjusted [federal] |
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minimum wage [under Section 6, Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29
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U.S.C. Section 206)]. |
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(c) On December 1 of each year, the commission shall |
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determine the adjusted minimum wage to be paid under Subsection (b) |
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for the next calendar year by increasing the adjusted minimum wage |
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for that calendar year by the percentage increase, if any, in the |
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consumer price index, for the 12 months preceding that date. The |
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commission shall compute the adjusted minimum wage to the nearest |
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cent. |
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(d) The adjusted minimum wage may not be decreased under |
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this section on the basis of any decrease in the consumer price |
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index. |
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(e) This section does not apply to compensation paid to a |
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person under Section 62.057. |
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(f) A reference in this code or another law to the minimum |
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wage established by state law means the adjusted minimum wage. |
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SECTION 2. Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. (a) On November 1, 2013, the Texas Workforce |
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Commission shall set the adjusted minimum wage for purposes of |
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Section 62.051, Labor Code, as amended by this Act, at an amount |
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equal to the amount of the federal minimum wage under Section 6, |
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Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206), in effect |
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on that date. |
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(b) On December 1, 2013, the Texas Workforce Commission |
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shall determine the first increase in the adjusted minimum wage, if |
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any, as required by Section 62.051(c), Labor Code, as added by this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 4. (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and |
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(c) of this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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(b) Section 62.051(b), Labor Code, as added by this Act, |
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takes effect January 1, 2014. |
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(c) Section 2 of this Act takes effect January 1, 2014. |