SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1186

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 451900

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11  Senator Peaden moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 39, between lines 28 and 29,

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17         Section 6.  (1)  As used in this section, the term:

18         (a)  "Federal minimum wage" means a minimum wage

19  required under federal law, including the federal Fair Labor

20  Standards Act of 1938, as amended, 29 U.S.C. ss. 201 et seq.

21         (b)  "Minimum wage" means a minimum rate of

22  compensation for employment.

23         (c)  "Political subdivision" means a county,

24  municipality, department, commission, district, board, or

25  other public body, whether corporate or otherwise, created by

26  or under state law.

27         (2)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), no

28  political subdivision may establish, mandate, or otherwise

29  require an employer to pay a minimum wage, other than a

30  federal minimum wage, or to apply a federal minimum wage to

31  wages exempt from such a federal minimum wage.

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1186

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 451900





  1         (3)  This section does not limit the authority of a

  2  political subdivision to establish a minimum wage other than a

  3  federal minimum wage:

  4         (a)  For the employees of the political subdivision;

  5         (b)  For the employees of an employer contracting to

  6  provide goods or services for the political subdivision, or

  7  for the employees of a subcontractor of such an employer,

  8  under the terms of a contract with the political subdivision;

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10         (c)  For the employees of an employer receiving a

11  direct tax abatement or subsidy from the political

12  subdivision, as a condition of the direct tax abatement or

13  subsidy.

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15  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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19  And the title is amended as follows:

20         On page 3, line 5, after the semicolon,

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23         prohibiting local governments from requiring

24         employers to pay a minimum wage other than a

25         federal minimum wage; providing exceptions;

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