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HCS HB 305 - Minimum Wage Increase - Kentucky Key Vote

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Title: Minimum Wage Increase

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill raising the minimum wage in three increments to $7.25 an hour by July 1, 2009.

Highlights:

- Raises the minimum wage to $5.85 upon passage, to $6.55 on July 1, 2008, and then to $7.25 on July 1, 2009 [sec. 1(1)]. - Specifies that if the federal minimum wage exceeds that of the state, the state will equal the federal wage [sec. 1(1)]. - Specifies that employees earning more than $30 per month in tips are subject to federal minimum wage law for tipped employees [sec. 1(2)].

NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

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