Bill Text: HI SB3023 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Minimum Wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-23 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Souki, Tokioka excused (5). [SB3023 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB3023-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
PART I
SECTION 1. Section 103D-1001, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "qualified community rehabilitation program" to read as follows:
""Qualified community rehabilitation program" means a nonprofit community rehabilitation program for persons with disabilities that:
(1) Is organized and incorporated under the laws of the United States or this State, and located in this State;
(2) Is operated in the interest of and [[]employs[]]
persons with disabilities;
(3) Does not inure any part of its net income to any shareholder or other individual;
(4) Complies with all applicable occupational health and safety standards required by the federal, state, and county governments; and
(5) Holds a current certificate from the United
States Department of Labor pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title 29
United States Code section 214(c)[, and is certified by the state department
of labor and industrial relations under section 387-9 and applicable
administrative rules relating to the employment of persons with disabilities]."
SECTION 2. Section 387-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending its title and subsection (a) to read as follows:
"§387-9
Special minimum wages for learners[;], apprentices[;],
full-time students[;], and paroled wards of Hawaii youth
correctional facility[; handicapped workers]. (a)
Notwithstanding [the provisions of] section 387-2, the director [may],
by rule, may provide for the employment[:
(1) Of] of learners, [of]
apprentices, [of] part-time employees who are full-time students
attending public or private schools other than colleges, universities, business
schools, or technical schools, and [of] wards paroled from the Hawaii
youth correctional facility, under special certificates issued by the director,
at [such] wages lower than the applicable minimum wage and subject to [such]
limitations as to time, number, proportion, and length of service as the
director shall prescribe[; and
(2) Of individuals whose earning capacity is
impaired by old age or physical or mental deficiency or injury, under special
certificates issued by the director, at such wages lower than the applicable
minimum wage and for such period as shall be fixed in the certificates]."
PART II
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the department of business, economic development, and tourism to conduct a study on the effects of minimum wage increases on the economic condition of the State, and to provide case study examples of incentives and programs that support small business enterprises in areas where the minimum wage was increased; provided that the department of business, economic development, and tourism shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2019.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the purposes of this Act.
PART III
SECTION 4. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 5. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.
SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Employment; Minimum Wage; Persons with Disabilities; DBEDT; Study
Description:
Includes persons with disabilities under the minimum wage requirements. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to study the impacts of raising the minimum wage and submit a report to the Legislature on its findings and recommendations. Appropriates funds. (SB3023 HD1)
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