85R6080 SMT-D     By: Walle H.B. No. 992       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   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)  $15.00 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  Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed.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 December 1, 2017, but only   if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 85th Legislature,   Regular Session, 2017, establishing a minimum wage of the greater   of $15.00 an hour or the federal minimum wage is approved by the   voters. If that proposed constitutional amendment is not approved   by the voters, this Act has no effect.