A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT amending the state wage and hour act to increase the state minimum wage.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 95‑25.3(a) reads as rewritten:
"§ 95‑25.3.  Minimum wage.
(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, except as otherwise provided in this section, but the wages shall not be less than six dollars ($6.00) per hour."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective September 1, 2003.