TITLE: Relating to requiring a living wage for those that do business with the state.

SUMMARY: Relating to requiring a living wage for those that do business with the state.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to requiring a living wage for those that do business with the state. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 403.0307 to read as follows: Sec. 403.0306. LIVING WAGE REQUIRED. (a) The comptroller by rule shall require each of the following entities to adopt a living wage policy: (1) state agencies; (2) political subdivisions of this state; and (3) vendors and other contractors of a state agency. (b) The living wage policy shall require an entity to 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).