1393-S AMH .... CORD 4

SHB 1393 - H AMD 000264 ADOPTED 03-16-93

By Representatives Peery and Sheldon

     On page 1, line 11, after "and" strike all material through "(2)" on page 2, line 6 and insert "((twenty-five)) ninety cents per hour, except as otherwise provided in this section.

(2)  On July 1, 1994, and on each July 1 thereafter, the department of labor and industries shall calculate an adjusted minimum wage to take effect on January 1 of the year following each July calculation.  The adjusted minimum wage shall be calculated by adjusting the amount specified in subsection (1) of this section to the nearest cent which bears the ratio of its original amount which is found to exist between the index for 1992 and the index for the calendar year prior to the year of adjustment.  For the purposes of this subsection, "index" means the same as the definition in RCW 2.12.037(1).

(3)"

EFFECT:  The Department of Labor and Industries is directed to calculate an adjusted minimum wage each July 1 (beginning July 1, 1994) to take effect the following January 1.  The minimum wage adjustment is based on changes in the national consumer price index.