GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005
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HOUSE DRH60605-LYz-325 (5/4)
Short Title: Raise Minimum Wage. |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Harrell, Jones (Primary Sponsors); England, Gibson, Goforth, Owens, and Parmon. |
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Referred to: |
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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.