Bill Text: HI SB2656 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Minimum Wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-27 - Referred to LCA, JDC/WAM. [SB2656 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2656-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to minimum wage.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 387, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§387- Minimum wage commission. (a) There is established within the department of
labor and industrial relations a minimum wage commission, for administrative
purposes only. Members of the committee
shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) The director of labor and industrial relations or the director's designee;
(2) The director of
human services or the director's designee;
(3) Two members
appointed by the governor;
(4) Two members
appointed by the president of the senate;
(5) Two members
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and
(6) Three other
representatives from other organizations that may assist in providing necessary
expertise.
(b) Vacancies in these
positions shall be filed in the same manner.
The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but may
be reimbursed for expenses; including travel expenses, incurred in the
discharge of their duties.
(c) The commission
shall review and recommend an appropriate minimum wage.
(d) Before the twentieth legislative day of the
regular session of 2020 and every year thereafter, the commission shall study
and make recommendations for any increase in the minimum wage and the recommended
effective date of the increase, provided that the recommended effective date shall
be no earlier than the adjournment of the legislative session following the committees
recommendation. A recommended increase by
the commission shall be effective as of the date set forth in the
recommendation unless the legislature disapproves the recommendation by
adoption of a concurrent resolution prior to adjournment sine die of the
legislative session in which the recommendation is submitted."
SECTION 2.
There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii
the sum of $ or so
much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for the
administration of the minimum wage commission pursuant to this Act.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
department of labor and industrial relations for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Minimum Wage; Minimum Wage Commission
Description:
Establishes a minimum wage commission to recommend the annual rate of increase for the minimum wage.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
