BILL NUMBER: AB 2832	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 29, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieber
    (Coauthor: Senator Burton) 
    (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, as amended, 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, and would, as of July 1, 2005, increase
lodging and meal credits for all industries by 7.4% from the amounts
of credit in effect December 1, 2004, and, as of July 1, 2006,
increase the credits by 6.9% from the amounts in effect June 1, 2006.
  The bill also would require the commission to adopt consistent wage
orders without convening wage boards no later than April 1, 2005.
   If the commission fails to adopt wage orders, this bill would
require the Department of Industrial Relations to prepare and
distribute wage orders giving effect to the prescribed changes in the
minimum wage and meal and lodging credits no later than May 1, 2005.

   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.  (a) 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.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, on and after
July 1, 2005, lodging and meal credits for all industries shall be
increased by  7.4%   7.4 percent  from the
amounts of credit in effect as of December 1, 2004. On and after July
1, 2006, the credits shall be increased by  6.9% 
 6.9 percent  from the amounts of credit in effect as of
June 1, 2006.
   (c) The commission shall, at a public meeting or meetings, adopt
orders regarding minimum wages and lodging and meal credits
consistent with this section without convening wage boards, which
orders shall be final and conclusive for all purposes.
   (d) If the commission fails to adopt any of the orders, in
accordance with subdivision (c), by April 1, 2005, the Department of
Industrial Relations shall prepare wage orders establishing the
increased wages and credits required by subdivisions (a) and (b).
The department's orders shall be consistent in all other respects
with the applicable wage orders in effect as of December 31, 2004,
and shall carry the same legal effect as if adopted by the
commission.  The department shall prepare the orders, publish them in
at least two newspapers, and print and distribute them to all
appropriate employers and courts, consistent with the requirements
under Section 1181 applicable to the commission for the distribution
of notice of hearings, no later than May 1, 2005.
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