Section 821.21 - Complete and Unconditional Payment of Wages(a) An employer has paid an employee's wages for purposes of the Act if the employer has delivered the wages to the employee: (1) in a form authorized by §61.016 of the Act; and(2) by a method authorized by §61.017 of the Act.(b) An employer has not paid an employee's wages for purposes of the Act if the employee has received the wages subject to a third party claim because: (1) the paycheck has been dishonored due to insufficient funds, a stop-payment order or any other reason attributable to the employer;(2) the employer has caused a direct deposit of the wages to be reversed; or(3) the employer has taken other similar action to undo the payment of wages.40 Tex. Admin. Code § 821.21
The provisions of this §821.21 adopted to be effective June 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 5732.