SENATE BILL NO. 731


   September 22, 1999, Introduced by Senators JAYE, STEIL, SHUGARS,
        GOUGEON, SIKKEMA and GAST and referred to the Committee on
        Human Resources, Labor, Senior Citizens and Veterans 
        Affairs.



        A bill to amend 1964 PA 154, entitled

   "Minimum wage law of 1964,"

   by amending the title and section 3 (MCL 408.383).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1                                  TITLE

 2         An act to fix minimum wages for employees within this state;

 3    to prohibit wage discrimination; TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN LOCAL UNITS

 4    OF GOVERNMENT FROM IMPOSING CERTAIN MINIMUM WAGE REQUIREMENTS; to

 5    provide for the administration and enforcement of this act; and

 6    to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act.

 7         Sec. 3.  (1)  No  AN employer shall NOT pay
              any  AN

 8    employee at a rate  of  THAT IS less than THE
             APPLICABLE RATE

 9    prescribed in this act.

10         (2) A LOCAL UNIT OF GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT IMPOSE A MINIMUM

11    WAGE REQUIREMENT THAT IS GREATER THAN THE APPLICABLE RATE


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 1    PRESCRIBED IN THIS ACT.  AS USED IN THIS SUBSECTION, "LOCAL UNIT

 2    OF GOVERNMENT" MEANS A CITY, COUNTY, TOWNSHIP, VILLAGE, SCHOOL

 3    DISTRICT, INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVI-

 4    SION OF THIS STATE.
















































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