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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a database of employers convicted of certain offenses |
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involving wage theft. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 301, Labor Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 301.070 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 301.070. DATABASE REGARDING WAGE THEFT. (a) In this |
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section, "employee" and "employer" have the meanings assigned by |
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Section 61.001. |
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(b) The commission shall make available on its Internet |
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website a publicly accessible list of all employers in this state |
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that have been convicted of an offense under: |
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(1) Section 61.019; or |
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(2) Section 31.04, Penal Code, if the offense involved |
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the theft of a service that was rendered by an employee of the |
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employer. |
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(c) For an employer that is a business entity, the database |
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must include the name under which the entity operates and the name |
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of each individual who is an owner of the entity. |
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(d) The commission shall list an employer in the database |
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until the third anniversary of the date of the conviction described |
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by Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2013, the Texas |
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Workforce Commission shall establish the database required by |
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Section 301.070, Labor Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |