Bill Text: TX HB344 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the payment of gratuities to certain employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-16 - Left pending in committee [HB344 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB344-Introduced.html
| 87R848 KSD-D | ||
| By: Canales | H.B. No. 344 | |
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| relating to the payment of gratuities to certain employees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 61, Labor Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 61.021 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 61.021. GRATUITIES PAID TO TIPPED EMPLOYEES. (a) In | ||
| this section, "tipped employee" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 62.052. | ||
| (b) An employer may not collect or receive any portion of a | ||
| gratuity paid to or left for a tipped employee, including for the | ||
| purpose of compensating a credit or debit card issuer for any | ||
| financial services rendered on account of the gratuity. The | ||
| gratuity is the property of the tipped employee. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 61.021, Labor Code, as added by this Act, | ||
| applies only to a gratuity paid to or left for an employee on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
