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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation by a political subdivision of certain |
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employment benefits. |
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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. LOCAL REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES |
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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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(3) "Employment benefit" means anything of value that |
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an employee receives from an employer in addition to monetary |
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compensation. |
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Sec. 83.002. PROHIBITED LOCAL REGULATIONS. (a) A |
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political subdivision of this state may not adopt or enforce any |
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ordinance, order, rule, regulation, or policy regulating a private |
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employer's terms of employment relating to employment benefits |
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other than employment leave, including health, disability, |
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retirement, profit-sharing, death, and group accidental death and |
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dismemberment benefits. |
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(b) An ordinance, order, rule, regulation, or policy that |
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violates this section 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, order, rule, regulation, or policy adopted |
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before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |