Introduced By: Representatives Sherlock, Menard, Moura, Montanaro and Jacquard
Date Introduced : January 27, 1999
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. {ADD Provided, however, that
the minimum wage commencingADD} {DEL January 1, 2000DEL} {ADDJuly 1, 1999ADD} {ADDshall be five dollars
and sixty five cents ($5.65) per hour. ADD}
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
