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By: Rodriguez |
S.B. No. 741 |
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(In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2013; February 26, 2013, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development; |
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March 18, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 1; March 18, 2013, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 741 |
By: Watson |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the period during which an employee may file a claim for |
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unpaid wages with the Texas Workforce Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 61.051, Labor Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) A wage claim must be filed not later than the first |
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anniversary of [180th day after] the date the wages claimed became |
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due for payment. The filing [180-day] deadline is a matter of |
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jurisdiction. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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61.051, Labor Code, applies to a wage claim filed under Subchapter |
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D, Chapter 61, Labor Code, for wages that become due for payment on |
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or after March 5, 2013. A wage claim for wages that became due for |
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payment before that date is governed by the law in effect |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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