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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition against certain local regulation of |
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employment leave provided by private employers. |
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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. PROHIBITION AGAINST LOCAL REGULATION OF CERTAIN |
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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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Sec. 83.002. LOCAL REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT LEAVE |
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PROHIBITED. (a) A political subdivision of this state may not |
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adopt or enforce an ordinance, order, rule, regulation, or policy |
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regulating a private employer's terms of employment relating to any |
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form of employment leave, including paid days off from work for |
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holidays, sick leave, vacation, and personal necessity. |
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(b) An ordinance, order, rule, regulation, or policy that |
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violates Subsection (a) is void and unenforceable. |
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Sec. 83.003. EFFECT OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not |
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affect: |
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(1) the Texas Minimum Wage Act under Chapter 62; or |
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(2) an ordinance, order, rule, regulation, or policy |
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that prohibits employment discrimination, regardless of whether |
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the ordinance, order, rule, regulation, or policy is adopted |
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before, on, or after September 1, 2019. |
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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. |