Tex. Lab. Code § 61.018 · Subchapter B. PAYMENT OF WAGES
DEDUCTION FROM WAGES.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An employer may not withhold or divert any part of an employee's wages unless the employer:
(1) is ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction;
(2) is authorized to do so by state or federal law; or
(3) has written authorization from the employee to deduct part of the wages for a lawful purpose.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.61.htm
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- sha256 0f03a3787c99e004c9711abfcba0bfde3fedd1822daa93f602f44690259299ba
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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