H.B. No. 2443         AN ACT   relating to the electronic submission of a wage claim to the Texas   Workforce Commission.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 61.051(d), Labor Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (d)  The employee may file the wage claim:                (1)  in person at an office of the commission;                (2)  by mailing the claim to an address designated by   the commission;                (3)  by faxing the claim to a fax number designated by   the commission; [or]                (4)  electronically in a manner designated by the   commission by rule; or                (5)  by any other means adopted by the commission by   rule.          SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas   Workforce Commission shall adopt rules for the administration of   Section 61.051(d), Labor Code, as amended by this Act.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a wage claim that is filed with the Texas Workforce Commission on   or after January 1, 2018. A wage claim filed before that date is   governed by the law in effect on the date that the claim was filed,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.         ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2443 was passed by the House on May 9,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 2443 was passed by the Senate on May   24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor