Tex. Lab. Code § 62.201 · Subchapter E. CIVIL PENALTY
CIVIL PENALTY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An employer who violates Section 62.051, 62.052, 62.053, or 62.054 or Subchapter C is liable to an affected employee in the amount of the unpaid wages plus an additional equal amount as liquidated damages.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 461, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.62.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
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Labor Code
- Tex. Lab. Code § 62.051MINIMUM WAGE.Printed as Section 62.051, 62.052, 62.053, or 62.054
- Tex. Lab. Code § 62.052TIPPED EMPLOYEES.Printed as Section 62.051, 62.052, 62.053, or 62.054
- Tex. Lab. Code § 62.053COST OF MEALS OR LODGING.Printed as Section 62.051, 62.052, 62.053, or 62.054
- Tex. Lab. Code § 62.054CERTAIN EMPLOYEES SUBJECT TO CALL.Printed as Section 62.051, 62.052, 62.053, or 62.054
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