HB 469-FN-LOCAL - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2001 SESSION
10/01
HOUSE BILL 469-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to the applicable minimum wage for hourly employees.
SPONSORS: Rep. Norelli, Rock 31; Rep. M. Fuller Clark, Rock 36; Rep. Bergin, Hills 16; Rep. Marshall Quandt, Rock 20; Rep. M. Smith, Straf 8; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21; Sen. Cohen, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
This bill raises the minimum wage for hourly employees.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03may01...0909h
01-0077
10/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to the applicable minimum wage for hourly employees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Minimum Hourly Rate. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 279:21 to read as follows:
279:21 Minimum Hourly Rate. Unless otherwise provided by statute, no person, firm, or corporation shall employ any employee at an hourly rate lower than that set forth in the federal minimum wage law, as amended, or as follows, whichever is higher:
Date Hourly Rate
[April 1, 1991 to September 30, 1996 $4.25
October 1, 1996 to August 31, 1997 $4.75]
On and after September 1, 1997 $5.15
On and after October 1, 2001 $5.65
On and after October 1, 2002 $6.15
Tipped employees of a restaurant, hotel, motel, inn or cabin, who customarily and regularly receive more than $20 a month in tips directly from the customers will receive a base rate from the employer of not less than $2.38 per hour. With any change to the minimum wage after the effective date of this section, the employer is responsible to pay employees $2.38 per hour or 45 percent of the applicable minimum wage whichever is higher. If an employee shows to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the actual amount of wages received at the end of each pay period did not equal the minimum wage for all hours worked, the employer shall pay the employee the difference to guarantee the applicable minimum wage. The limitations imposed hereby shall be subject to the following exceptions:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
01-0077
1/26/01
HB 469-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the applicable minimum wage for hourly employees.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Departments of Employment Security and Labor have stated this bill may have an indeterminable fiscal impact on county and local expenditures. There will be no fiscal impact on state expenditures or state, county and local revenues.
METHODOLOGY:
The Departments stated this bill would increase the minimum wage for hourly employees from $5.15 to $6.15 and $7.15 on October 1, 2001 and October 1, 2002, respectively. The Departments stated this bill will have no fiscal impact on the state since all entry level wages under current statute are higher than in the proposed bill. The Departments are unable to determine the fiscal impact on the county or local expenditures.