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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the electronic submission of a wage claim to the Texas |
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Workforce Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.051(d), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) The employee may file the wage claim: |
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(1) in person at an office of the commission; |
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(2) by mailing the claim to an address designated by |
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the commission; |
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(3) by faxing the claim to a fax number designated by |
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the commission; [or] |
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(4) electronically in a manner designated by the |
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commission by rule; or |
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(5) by any other means adopted by the commission by |
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rule. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas |
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Workforce Commission shall adopt rules for the administration of |
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Section 61.051(d), Labor Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a wage claim that is filed with the Texas Workforce Commission on |
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or after January 1, 2018. A wage claim filed before that date is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date that the claim was filed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |