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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6762

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                        1988 First Special Session

By Senator Hayner

Read first time 3/11/88 and referred to Committee on Economic Development & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to establishment of the state minimum wage at three dollars and thirty-five cents per hour; and amending RCW 49.46.020.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 294, Laws of 1959 as last amended by section 2, chapter 289, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. and RCW 49.46.020 are each amended to read as follows:

          (((1))) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who have reached the age of eighteen years wages at a rate of not less than ((one)) three dollars and ((sixty)) thirty-five cents per hour ((except as may be otherwise provided under subsections (2) through (7) of this section or as otherwise provided under this chapter:  PROVIDED, That beginning the calendar year 1974, the applicable rate under this section shall be one dollar and eighty cents per hour, and beginning  with September 1, 1975 the applicable rate under this section shall be two dollars and ten cents an hour, and beginning the calendar year 1976 the applicable rate under this section shall be two dollars and thirty cents an hour.

          (2) Any individual eighteen years of age or older, unless exempt under the provisions of section 1(5)(k)(8) of this 1975 amendatory act, employed by the state, any county, city, town, municipal corporation or quasi municipal corporation, political subdivision, or any instrumentality thereof shall be paid wages beginning with September 1, 1975, at a rate of not less than two dollars an hour, and beginning the calendar year 1976 at a rate of not less than two dollars and twenty cents an hour, and beginning the calendar year 1977 at a rate of not less than two dollars and thirty cents an hour.

          (3) Any individual eighteen years of age or older engaged in performing services in a nursing home licensed pursuant to chapter 18.51 RCW, shall be paid wages beginning with September 1, 1975, at a rate of not less than two dollars and ten cents an hour, and beginning the calendar year 1976, at a rate of not less than two dollars and twenty cents an hour, and beginning the calendar year 1977, at a rate of not less than two dollars and thirty cents an hour.

          (4) Any individual eighteen years of age or older engaged in performing services in a hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 70.41 RCW, or chapter 71.12 RCW, shall be paid wages beginning with September 1, 1975, at a rate of not less than two dollars and ten cents an hour, and beginning the calendar year 1976, at a rate of not less than two dollars and twenty cents an hour, and beginning the calendar year 1977 at a rate of not less than two dollars and thirty cents an hour.

          (5) Any individual eighteen years of age or older employed in a retail or service establishment and who is so employed primarily in connection with the preparation or offering of food or beverages for human consumption, either on the premises, or by such services as catering, banquet, box lunch, or curb or counter service, to the public, to employees, or to members or guests of members of clubs shall be paid wages beginning with September 1, 1975, at a rate of not less than two dollars an hour, and beginning the calendar year 1976, at a rate of not less than two dollars and twenty cents an hour, and beginning the calendar year 1977, at a rate of not less than two dollars and thirty cents an hour)).