BILL NUMBER: AB 2832	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 23, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 29, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieber
   (Coauthors:  Senators Burton, Kuehl, and Romero)

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2004

   An act to add Section 1182.12 to the Labor Code, relating to
employment.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2832, Lieber.  Minimum wage.
   Under existing law, the Industrial Welfare Commission is
authorized to determine minimum wages in accordance with a prescribed
procedure that includes the selection of wage boards to consider and
make recommendations regarding wage issues.  The current minimum
wage for all industries is $6.75 per hour.
   This bill would set the minimum wage at $7.25 as of July 1, 2005,
and $7.75 as of July 1, 2006.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1182.12 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   1182.12.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, on and
after July 1, 2005, the minimum wage for all industries shall be not
less than seven dollars and twenty-five cents ($7.25) per hour; on
and after July 1, 2006, the minimum wage for all industries shall be
not less than seven dollars and seventy-five cents ($7.75) per hour.