85R3244 LED-D     By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 937       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.  (a)  Except as provided by   Sections 62.052 and [Section] 62.057, an employer shall pay to each   employee not less than the greater of:                (1)  $10.10 an hour; or                (2)  the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair   Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206).          (b)  This subsection applies to wages paid by an employer for   the 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 calendar years. Subsection (a) does   not apply in a year to which this subsection applies. Except as   provided by Sections 62.052 and 62.057:                (1)  for the 2018 and 2019 calendar years, an employer   shall pay to each employee not less than the greater of:                       (A)  $8.25 an hour; or                      (B)  the federal minimum wage under Section 6,   Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206); and                (2)  for the 2020 and 2021 calendar years, an employer   shall pay to each employee not less than the greater of:                       (A)  $9.25 an hour; or                      (B)  the federal minimum wage under Section 6,   Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206).          (c)  Subsection (b) and this subsection expire January 1,   2022.          SECTION 2.  Section 62.052, Labor Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read   as follows:          (a)  In determining the wage of a tipped employee, the amount   paid the employee by the employer may not be less than [is] the   amount described as paid to a tipped employee under Section 3(m),   Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 203(m)), plus   $2.85 an hour.          (c)  This subsection applies to wages paid by an employer for   the 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 calendar years.  Subsection (a) does   not apply in a year to which this subsection applies. In determining   the wage of a tipped employee, the amount paid the employee by the   employer may not be less than the amount described as paid to a   tipped employee under Section 3(m), Fair Labor Standards Act of   1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 203(m)), plus:                (1)  for the 2018 and 2019 calendar years, $1 an hour;   and                (2)  for the 2020 and 2021 calendar years, $2 an hour.          (d)  Subsection (c) and this subsection expire January 1,   2022.          SECTION 3.  Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.