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                                     LRB093 03347 WGH 14601 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 600

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 600,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by  replacing the first paragraph of subsection (a) of Sec. 4
 4    of Section 5 with the following:

 5        "(a) Every employer shall pay to each of his employees in
 6    every occupation wages of not less than $2.30 per hour or  in
 7    the case of employees under 18 years of age wages of not less
 8    than  $1.95  per hour, except as provided in Sections 5 and 6
 9    of this Act, and on and after January 1, 1984, every employer
10    shall pay to each of his employees in every occupation  wages
11    of  not  less than $2.65 per hour or in the case of employees
12    under 18 years of age wages of not less than $2.25 per  hour,
13    and  on and after October 1, 1984 every employer shall pay to
14    each of his employees in every occupation wages of  not  less
15    than  $3.00  per  hour  or  in the case of employees under 18
16    years of age wages of not less than $2.55 per hour, and on or
17    after July 1, 1985 every employer shall pay to  each  of  his
18    employees  in  every  occupation wages of not less than $3.35
19    per hour or in the case of employees under 18  years  of  age
20    wages  of not less than $2.85 per hour, and from September 1,
21    2003 through September 5, 2004 every employer  shall  pay  to
22    each  of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older
23    in every occupation wages of not less than $6 per  hour,  and
 
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 1    on  and  after  September 6, 2004 every employer shall pay to
 2    each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or  older
 3    in  every occupation wages of not less than $6.50 per hour.";
 4    and

 5    by inserting at the end of the bill the following:

 6        "Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes  effect  on
 7    September 1, 2003.".