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Senate File 151

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 15A.1, Code 2001, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  In addition to the requirements of
  1  4 subsections 2 and 3, a state agency shall not provide a grant,
  1  5 loan, or other financial assistance to a private person or on
  1  6 behalf of a private person unless the business for whose
  1  7 benefit the financial assistance is to be provided pays at
  1  8 minimum a living wage to its employees.  For purposes of this
  1  9 subsection, "living wage" means an hourly wage of no less than
  1 10 the annualized federal poverty level for a family of four, as
  1 11 defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines
  1 12 as published by the United States department of health and
  1 13 human services, divided by two thousand eighty.  If any
  1 14 provision of this subsection, which relates to a living wage
  1 15 paid by a business applying for or receiving state financial
  1 16 assistance, is inconsistent or conflicts with other provisions
  1 17 of chapter 15 or this chapter, the provision that specifies
  1 18 the higher wage rate prevails.
  1 19    Sec. 2.  Section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraphs a and d,
  1 20 Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
  1 21    a.  The hourly wage stated in the federal minimum wage law,
  1 22 pursuant to 29 U.S.C. } 206, shall be increased to $3.85 $5.65
  1 23 on January 1, of 1990, 2002, $4.25 on January 1 of 1991, and
  1 24 $4.65 to $6.15 on January 1, of 1992 2003.
  1 25    d.  An employer is not required to pay an employee the
  1 26 applicable minimum wage provided in paragraph "a" until the
  1 27 employee has completed ninety calendar days of employment with
  1 28 the employer.  An employee who has completed ninety calendar
  1 29 days of employment with the employer prior to January 1, of
  1 30 1990 2002, 1991, or 1992 January 1, 2003, shall earn the
  1 31 applicable hourly minimum wage.  An employer shall pay an
  1 32 employee who has not completed ninety calendar days of
  1 33 employment with the employer an hourly wage of at least $3.35
  1 34 $5.15 as of January 1, of 1990 2002, $3.85 as of January 1 of
  1 35 1991, and $4.25 $5.65 as of January 1, of 1992 2003.
  2  1    Sec. 3.  Section 91D.1, subsection 2, Code 2001, is amended
  2  2 by striking the subsection.  
  2  3                           EXPLANATION
  2  4    This bill prohibits a state agency from providing state
  2  5 financial assistance to any business that does not pay a
  2  6 "living wage", raises the state's minimum wages and strikes a
  2  7 provision that cites a repealed United States Code provision.
  2  8    The bill prohibits a state agency from providing financial
  2  9 assistance to a business unless the business pays its
  2 10 employees a "living wage", which the bill defines as an hourly
  2 11 wage of no less than the annualized federal poverty level for
  2 12 a family of four, divided by 2,080 (40 hours' work per week
  2 13 for 52 weeks).
  2 14    The bill also raises the state's hourly minimum wage to
  2 15 $5.65 beginning January 1, 2002, and to $6.15 beginning
  2 16 January 1, 2003.  The hourly minimum wage for employees
  2 17 serving a 90-day training period is raised to $5.15 on January
  2 18 1, 2002, and to $5.65 on January 1, 2003.  The federal minimum
  2 19 wage is currently $5.15.
  2 20    The bill also strikes a provision that adopts by reference
  2 21 a United States Code provision, repealed in 1989, that
  2 22 exempted certain employers from the requirements of the state
  2 23 minimum wage law.  
  2 24 LSB 1481XS 79
  2 25 kh/pj/5.1
     

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