Bill Text: TX HB1590 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the minimum wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-07 - Left pending in committee [HB1590 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1590-Introduced.html
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| By: Thompson of Harris | H.B. No. 1590 | |
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| relating to the minimum wage. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 62.051, Labor Code, is amended to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 62.051. MINIMUM WAGE. Except as provided by Section | ||
| 62.057, an employer shall pay to each employee not less than the | ||
| greater of: | ||
| (1) $8.25 an hour; or | ||
| (2) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair | ||
| Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. | ||
