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RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 28-12-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-12 entitled "Minimum Wages" is hereby amended to read as follows:

28-12-3. Minimum wages -- Every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees wages at a rate not less than the minimum hereinafter specified: effective April 1, 1991, and thereafter, at a rate not less than four dollars and forty-five cents ($4.45) per hour except as hereinafter specified, provided, however, that the minimum wage commencing September 1, 1996 shall be four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75) per hour and that the minimum wage commencing January 1, 1997 shall be five dollars and fifteen cents ($5.15) per hour. Provided, however, that the minimum wage commencing July 1, 1999 shall be five dollars and sixty five cents ($5.65) per hour.; the minimum wage commencing July 1, 2000 shall be six dollars and twenty-five cents ($6.25) per hour; the minimum wage commencing July 1, 2001 shall be six dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75) per hour; the minimum wage commencing July 1, 2002 and each July 1^st thereafter shall be adjusted by a cost of living index for the period of March 31 through April 1 of the previous year as calculated for the Northeast Region by the United States Department of Labor.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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This act would raise the minimum wage to six dollars and twenty-five cents ($6.25) per hour on July 1, 2000, to six dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75) per hour on July 1, 2001, and commencing July 1, 2000 and each July 1^st thereafter raise the minimum wage pursuant to a cost of living index as calculated by the United States Department of Labor.

This act would take effect upon passage.