Bill Text: TX SB68 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the minimum wage, including authorizing a county or municipality to establish a minimum wage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-26 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB68 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB68-Introduced.html

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84R300 MAW-D
By: Ellis S.B. No. 68

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the minimum wage, including authorizing a county or
municipality to establish a 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. (a) Except as provided by
Section 62.057, an employer shall pay to each employee not less than
the greater of:
(1) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206); or
(2) if applicable, the greater of:
(A) the minimum wage established by the
municipality in which the employee performs services for the
employer; or
(B) the minimum wage established by the county in
which the employee performs services for the employer.
(b) A municipality or county may adopt a minimum wage to be
paid by an employer to each employee for services performed in the
municipality or county.
SECTION 2. Section 62.0515, Labor Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 62.0515. [APPLICATION OF MINIMUM WAGE TO CERTAIN
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES;] CERTAIN AGREEMENTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL
ENTITIES. (a) [Except as otherwise provided by this section, the
minimum wage provided by this chapter supersedes a wage established
in an ordinance, order, or charter provision governing wages in
private employment, other than wages under a public contract.
[(b) This section does not apply to any state or federal job
training or workforce development program.
[(c) This section does not apply to a minimum wage
established by a governmental entity that applies to a contract or
agreement, including a non-annexation agreement, entered into by a
governmental entity and a private entity.] A private entity that
enters into a contract or agreement, including a non-annexation
agreement, with a governmental entity, under the terms of which the
private entity agrees to comply with a minimum wage that is greater
than the minimum wage established by Section 62.051 [the
governmental entity], is subject to the terms of that contract or
agreement, and those terms apply to and may be enforced against a
general contractor, subcontractor, developer, and other person
with which the private entity contracts in order to comply with the
provisions of the original contract or agreement.
(b) [(d)] For purposes of this section, "governmental
entity" includes a municipality, a county, a special district or
authority, a junior college district, or another political
subdivision of this state.
SECTION 3. Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.