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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the statute of limitations applicable to unlawful |
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employment practices. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.202, Labor Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) A complaint under this subchapter must be filed not |
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later than the earlier of: |
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(1) the 180th day after the date the complainant |
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discovered the alleged unlawful employment practice; or |
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(2) the fifth anniversary of the date the alleged |
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unlawful employment practice occurred. |
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(c) For purposes of Subsection (a), with respect to a |
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complaint based on the payment of wages, an unlawful employment |
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practice does not occur each time wages affected wholly or partly by |
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the practice are paid. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an unlawful employment practice that occurs on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |