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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to administrative penalties assessed by the Texas |
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Workforce Commission against certain employers for failure to pay |
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wages. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.053(a), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) If the commission examiner, a wage claim appeal |
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tribunal, or the commission determines that an employer acted in |
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bad faith in not paying wages as required by this chapter, the |
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examiner, tribunal, or commission, in addition to ordering the |
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payment of the wages, shall [may] assess an administrative penalty |
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against the employer. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |