GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 527

Short Title:  Increase State Minimum Wage.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Jordan.

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Referred to:  Commerce.

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March 26, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE A LIVING WAGE BY INCREASING THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE.
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 seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) per hour, except as otherwise provided in this section."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.