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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition on certain employer requirements relating |
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to employee jury duty compensation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 61, Labor Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 61.0185 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.0185. PROHIBITED EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO |
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JURY DUTY COMPENSATION. An employer who pays wages, including on a |
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salary basis, to an employee for any period during which the |
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employee is absent from work due to reporting for jury service and |
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discharging that duty may not: |
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(1) require the employee to remit to the employer any |
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reimbursement for travel or other expenses, or any other |
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compensation, received by the employee for that service; or |
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(2) withhold or divert any part of the employee's wages |
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to offset the amount of any reimbursement or other compensation |
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described by Subdivision (1). |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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with respect to reimbursement or compensation for jury service that |
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commences on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |