89R4375 RDS-F     By: Simmons H.B. No. 3184       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to authorization for a county or municipality to establish   a local minimum wage.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 62.0515, Labor Code, is amended to read   as follows:          Sec. 62.0515.  [APPLICATION OF] MINIMUM WAGE ESTABLISHED BY   [TO] CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES; CERTAIN AGREEMENTS WITH   GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. (a) Notwithstanding Section 62.151:                (1)  a municipality may adopt a minimum wage that is   greater than the minimum wage established by Section 62.051 to be   paid by an employer to each employee for services performed in the   municipality; and                (2)  a county may adopt a minimum wage that is greater   than the minimum wage established by Section 62.051 to be paid by an   employer to each employee for services performed in the   unincorporated areas of the county, including areas located within   the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality. [Except as   otherwise provided by this section, the minimum wage provided by   this chapter supersedes a wage established in an ordinance, order,   or charter provision governing wages in private employment, other   than wages under a public contract.]          (b)  [This section does not apply to any state or federal job   training or workforce development program.          [(c)  This section does not apply to a minimum wage   established by a governmental entity that applies to a contract or   agreement, including a non-annexation agreement, entered into by a   governmental entity and a private entity.] A private entity that   enters into a contract or agreement, including a non-annexation   agreement, with a governmental entity, under the terms of which the   private entity agrees to comply with a minimum wage that is greater   than the minimum wage established by Section 62.051 or, if   applicable, Subsection (a) of this section [the governmental   entity], is subject to the terms of that contract or agreement, and   those terms apply to and may be enforced against a general   contractor, subcontractor, developer, and other person with which   the private entity contracts in order to comply with the provisions   of the original contract or agreement.          [(d)]  For purposes of this subsection [section],   "governmental entity" includes a municipality, a county, a special   district or authority, a junior college district, or another   political subdivision of this state.          SECTION 2.  Section 62.151, Labor Code, is amended to read as   follows:          Sec. 62.151.  PERSON COVERED BY FEDERAL ACT. This chapter   does [and a municipal ordinance or charter provision governing   wages in private employment, other than wages under a public   contract, do] not apply to a person covered by the Fair Labor   Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.).          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.