GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2005

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HOUSE BILL 2174

Corrected Copy 5/23/06

Short Title:     Raise Minimum Wage.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Harrell, Jones, Adams (Primary Sponsors);  England, Gibson, Goforth, Owens, Parmon, B. Allen, Faison, Glazier, Harrison, Luebke, McLawhorn, Rapp, Spear, Underhill, Wainwright, Weiss, Wilkins, and Williams.
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.

May 18, 2006

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to Raise the minimum wage in North Carolina.

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 January 1, 2007.