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2025 Texas Statutes
Labor Code
Title 2 - Protection of Laborers
Subtitle C - Wages
Chapter 62 - Minimum Wage
Subchapter E. Civil Penalty
Section 62.201. Civil Penalty

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TX Lab Code § 62.201 (2025)
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Sec. 62.201. CIVIL PENALTY. 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.

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.

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