Tex. Labor Code § 64.003
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 64.003, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 64.003. ACTION TO ENFORCE REDEMPTION; PENALTY.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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