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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prohibition against age discrimination in certain |
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employment training programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.101, Labor Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 21.101. AGE DISCRIMINATION LIMITED TO INDIVIDUALS OF |
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CERTAIN AGE. The [Except as provided by Section 21.054, the] |
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provisions of this chapter referring to discrimination because of |
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age or on the basis of age apply only to discrimination against an |
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individual 40 years of age or older. |
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SECTION 2. Section 21.054(b), Labor Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |