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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 2056 |
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Enacting and ordering the submission to the people of a measure relating to minimum wages.
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Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:
1. Under the power of the referendum, as vested in the Legislature, the following measure, relating to minimum wages, is enacted to become valid as a law if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:
AN ACT
AMENDING SECTION 23-363, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGES.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 23-363, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
23-363. Minimum wage
A. Employers shall pay employees no less than the minimum wage, which shall be six dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75) an hour beginning on January 1, 2007.
B. The minimum wage shall be increased on January 1, 2008 and on January 1 of successive years by the increase in the cost of living. The increase in the cost of living shall be measured by the percentage increase as of August of the immediately preceding year over the level as of August of the previous year of the consumer price index (all urban consumers, U.S. city average for all items) or its successor index as published by the U.S. department of labor or its successor agency, with the amount of the minimum wage increase rounded to the nearest multiple of five cents. seven dollars sixty-five cents per hour or an amount that is equal to the federal minimum wage established by the Fair labor standards act (29 United STates Code section 206), whichever is greater.
C. B. For any employee who customarily and regularly receives tips or gratuities from patrons or others, the employer may pay a wage up to $3.00 per hour less than the minimum wage if the employer can establish by its records of charged tips or by the employee's declaration for federal insurance contributions act (FICA) purposes that for each week, when adding tips received to wages paid, the employee received not less than the minimum wage for all hours worked. Compliance with this provision will be determined by averaging tips received by the employee over the course of the employer's payroll period or any other period selected by the employer that complies with regulations adopted by the commission.
2. The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article IV, part 1, section 1, Constitution of Arizona.