GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 343

Short Title:  Raise Minimum Wage.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Adams; Alexander, Cunningham, Earle, Easterling, Fitch, Goodwin, Hardaway, Hensley, R. Hunter, Jarrell, Jeffus, Luebke, McAllister, McCrary, Michaux, Mosley, Redwine, and Wainwright.

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Referred to:  Commerce.

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February 26, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO RAISE THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE IN ORDER TO INDEX IT TO INFLATION SINCE IT WAS LAST RAISED.
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 three dollars and eighty cents ($3.80) per hour effective January 1, 1992, and five dollars and fifteen cents ($5.15) per hour effective October 1, 1997, except as otherwise provided in this section."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.