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CHAPTER 64. REDEMPTION OF EMPLOYER'S EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS FOR 
WAGES


	§ 64.001. DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:                                    
		(1)  "Employer's evidence of indebtedness" means an 
instrument, other than money, used by a person to pay an employee or 
laborer of the person for labor or otherwise.  The term includes:
			(A)  a coupon;                                                               
			(B)  a chip;                                                                 
			(C)  scrip;                                                                  
			(D)  a punchout;  and                                                        
			(E)  a store order.                                                          
		(2)  "Holder" means an employee, laborer, or other bona 
fide holder who holds an employer's evidence of indebtedness.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, § 9.18(a), eff. Sept. 1, 
1995.    


	§ 64.002. REDEMPTION OF EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS.  (a) A 
person who uses an employer's evidence of indebtedness shall, on 
the demand for redemption and presentation of the employer's 
evidence of indebtedness by the holder on a regular payday, redeem 
the employer's evidence of indebtedness:
		(1)  for United States currency;  and                                         
		(2)  at the face value of the employer's evidence of 
indebtedness.          
	(b)  The face value of an employer's evidence of indebtedness 
is currency equal to the cash value of the purchasing power in 
merchandise at the commissary or other repository of the person.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, § 9.18(a), eff. Sept. 1, 
1995.    


	§ 64.003. ACTION TO ENFORCE REDEMPTION;  PENALTY.  (a) A 
holder who under Section 64.002 presents an employer's evidence of 
indebtedness and demands redemption is entitled, if the person 
using the employer's evidence of indebtedness refuses redemption, 
to recover from that person:
		(1)  the value of the employer's evidence of 
indebtedness;                  
		(2)  a penalty in an amount equal to 25 percent of the 
amount due;  and     
		(3)  costs of court and reasonable attorney's fees.                           
	(b)  The holder may bring an action under Subsection (a) in 
the holder's own name.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, § 9.18(a), eff. Sept. 1, 
1995.