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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2006

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A N A C T

RELATING TO LABOR -- MINIMUM WAGES

     Introduced By: Representatives Lima, Moura, Slater, Almeida, and Diaz

     Date Introduced: January 05, 2006

     Referred To: House Labor

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 28-12-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-12 entitled "Minimum

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Wages" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     28-12-3. Minimum wages. -- (a) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her

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employees: commencing July 1, 1999, at least the minimum wage of five dollars and sixty five

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cents ($5.65) per hour. Commencing September 1, 2000, the minimum wage is six dollars and

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fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour.

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      (b) Commencing January 1, 2004, the minimum wage is six dollars and seventy-five

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cents ($6.75) per hour.

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     (c) Commencing March 1, 2006, the minimum wage is seven dollars and ten cents

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($7.10) per hour.

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     (d) Commencing January 1, 2007, the minimum wage is seven dollars and forty cents

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($7.40) per hour.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO LABOR -- MINIMUM WAGES

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     This act would increase the minimum hourly wage from six dollars and seventy-five

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cents ($6.75) to seven dollars and ten cents ($7.10) effective March 1, 2006, and to seven dollars

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and forty cents ($7.40) effective January 1, 2007.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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