Bill Text: TX HB991 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to establishing a minimum wage for school bus drivers.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to Public Education [HB991 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB991-Introduced.html
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| By: Meza | H.B. No. 991 | |
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| relating to establishing a minimum wage for school bus drivers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 62, Labor Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 62.058 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 62.058. MINIMUM WAGE FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. (a) In | ||
| this section, "school bus driver" means a person employed to | ||
| transport students to or from school or a school-sponsored or | ||
| school-related activity. | ||
| (b) This section applies to: | ||
| (1) a public school district with a student enrollment | ||
| of 4,500 or more; | ||
| (2) an open-enrollment charter school; and | ||
| (3) a mass transit authority, commercial | ||
| transportation company, or juvenile board that contracts with a | ||
| school district described by Subdivision (1) or an open-enrollment | ||
| charter school to provide public school transportation. | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding Section 62.051 or 62.151 or any other | ||
| law, an employer to which this section applies shall pay to each | ||
| school bus driver employed by the employer not less than the greater | ||
| of: | ||
| (1) $15 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
