BILL NUMBER: AB 2832	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieber
   (Coauthor: Senator Burton)

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2004

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



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2832, as introduced, 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 January 1,
2005, and $7.75 as of January 1, 2006, and would require the
commission to adopt consistent minimum wage orders without convening
wage boards.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


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 January 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 January 1, 2006, the minimum wage for all industries
shall be not less than seven dollars and seventy-five cents ($7.75)
per hour.  The Industrial Welfare Commission shall, at a public
meeting, adopt minimum wage orders consistent with this section
without convening wage boards, which wage orders shall be final and
conclusive for all purposes.