{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-61.033","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 61.033","heading":"FAILURE OF SURETY COMPANY TO PAY VERIFIED CLAIM FOR WAGES; CIVIL PENALTY.","body":"(a) A surety company that issues a bond to secure the payment of wages under this chapter and that wilfully fails to pay a verified claim for wages found to be due and payable is subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for each failure to pay each employee.\n(b) A subsequent violation is subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for each failure to pay each employee plus 25 percent of the amount unlawfully withheld.\n(c) The attorney general shall recover a penalty imposed by this section in an action brought in the name of the state.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS","SUBTITLE C. WAGES","CHAPTER 61. PAYMENT OF WAGES","SUBCHAPTER C. SECURITY FOR WAGE PAYMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.61.htm#61.033","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"71c79b90623a71f26746dd00a7f1255994e8bc4ea049d244e29cba3c80303fa5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-61.032","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-61.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}