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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting a municipality from requiring an employer |
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to provide paid sick leave. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by |
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adding Chapter 83 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 83. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT LEAVE |
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Sec. 83.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Employee" means an individual who is employed by |
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an employer for compensation. |
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(2) "Employer" means a person who employs one or more |
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employees. |
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Sec. 83.002. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF SICK LEAVE PROHIBITED. |
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(a) The governing body of a municipality may not adopt or enforce |
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any ordinance, rule, or regulation that requires an employer to |
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provide to an employee paid sick leave. |
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(b) An ordinance, rule, or regulation that violates |
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Subsection (a) is void and unenforceable. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 83, Labor Code, as added by this Act, |
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applies to an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted before, on, or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |