A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT AMENDING THE WAGE AND HOUR ACT TO RAISE THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE TO A LIVABLE 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 six dollars and fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour, increasing to seven dollars and fifteen cents ($7.15) per hour on Labor Day 2006, and increasing to eight dollars and fifty cents ($8.50) per hour on Labor Day 2007, except as otherwise provided in this section."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective September 1, 2005.