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               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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               AN ACT
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            relating to the minimum wage. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Section 62.051, Labor Code, is amended to read as  | 
         
         
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            follows: | 
         
         
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                   Sec. 62.051.  MINIMUM WAGE.  Except as provided by Section  | 
         
         
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            62.057, an employer shall pay to each employee not less than the  | 
         
         
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            greater of: | 
         
         
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                         (1)  $15.00 an hour; or | 
         
         
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                         (2)  the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair  | 
         
         
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            Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206). | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect December 1, 2021. |