Senate Bill sb0042B

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 42-B

    By Senator Clary





    4-847-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the state minimum wage;

  3         creating s. 448.111, F.S.; providing that the

  4         provisions of s. 24, Art. X of the State

  5         Constitution do not exclude an employer from

  6         applying for or operating under a special

  7         certificate as provided for by the Fair Labor

  8         Standards Act; providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Section 448.111, Florida Statues, is

13  created to read:

14         448.111  State minimum wage; special

15  certificate.--Notwithstanding the requirements imposed by s.

16  24, Art. X of the State Constitution, nothing in this part

17  shall be deemed to abridge the right of an employer to apply

18  for, or operate under, a special certificate awarded by the

19  Secretary of Labor in accordance with 29 U.S.C. s. 214(c), the

20  provisions of which are incorporated in this section.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

22  law.

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25                          SENATE SUMMARY

26    Specifies that the requirements of s. 24, Art. X of the
      State Constitution, relating to the state minimum wage,
27    do not abridge the right of an employer to apply for or
      operate under a special certificate awarded under the
28    federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

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