GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2005

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HOUSE DRH30396-LR-150  (03/15)

Short Title:     Raise State Minimum Wage.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative Adams.
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT amending the wage and hour act of north carolina to raise the state minimum wage to six dollars and fifteen cents per hour.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 95‑25.3(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a)      Every employer shall pay to each employee who in any workweek performs any work, wages of at least the minimum wage set forth in paragraph 1 of section 6(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1), as that wage may change from time to time, six dollars and fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour, except as otherwise provided in this section."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective September 1, 2006.