Tex. Lab. Code § 61.033 · Subchapter C. SECURITY FOR WAGE PAYMENTS
FAILURE OF SURETY COMPANY TO PAY VERIFIED CLAIM FOR WAGES; CIVIL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A surety company that issues a bond to secure the payment of wages under this chapter and that wilfully fails to pay a verified claim for wages found to be due and payable is subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for each failure to pay each employee.
(b) A subsequent violation is subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for each failure to pay each employee plus 25 percent of the amount unlawfully withheld.
(c) The attorney general shall recover a penalty imposed by this section in an action brought in the name of the state.
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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- 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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