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HB 549 - Minimum wage; gradual increase; calculation by Department of Labor

Teague, Sharon Beasley (58th)	Maddox, George (72nd)	McKinney, J. E (51st)
Brooks, Tyrone (54th)	Stanley, Lanett (50th)	Stanley, Pamela A (49th)

Status Summary	HC:	IndR	SC:	I&L	FR:	02/10/99	LA:	03/08/00	S - Read 1st Time (CS )

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Chapter 4 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the minimum wage law, so as to change the minimum wage; to provide for a gradual increase in the minimum wage; to provide for an adjusted minimum wage rate to be calculated by the Department of Labor annually beginning March 30, 2001; and for other purposes.

HB 549                                            LC 19 4670S 
 
 
               The House Committee on Industrial Relations offers 
      the following substitute to HB 549: 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Chapter 4 of Title 34 of the Official Code of 
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to the minimum wage law, so as 
  1- 3  to change the minimum wage; to provide an effective date; to 
  1- 4  repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 5       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1- 6                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1- 7  Chapter 4 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1- 8  Annotated, relating to the minimum wage law, is amended by 
  1- 9  striking subsection (a) of Code Section 34-4-3, relating to 
  1-10  the amount of minimum wage to be paid by employers, and 
  1-11  inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
 
  1-12    "(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, 
  1-13    every employer, whether a person, firm, or corporation, 
  1-14    shall pay to all covered employees a minimum wage which 
  1-15    shall be not less than $3.25 $5.15 per hour for each hour 
  1-16    worked in the employment of such employer." 
 
  1-17                           SECTION 2. 
 
  1-18  This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2001. 
 
  1-19                           SECTION 3. 
 
  1-20  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  1-21  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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