GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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HOUSE BILL 1031
     

 
Short Title:	Livable State Minimum Wage.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Adams;  Alexander, Blue, Fitch, Hensley, Lucas, Luebke, McAllister, Michaux, Nesbitt, Wainwright, and Womble.	
Referred to:	Appropriations.	
April 9, 2001

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 six dollars and fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour, increasing to seven dollars and fifteen cents ($7.15) per hour on Labor Day 2002, and increasing to eight dollars and fifty cents ($8.50) per hour on Labor Day 2003, except as otherwise provided in this section."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective September 3, 2001.