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Thompson |
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HB |
588 |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Prohibit Minimum Wage Exceeding Federal Wage |
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ANALYST: |
Gilbert |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
LFC Files
New
Mexico Department of Labor (DOL)
Economic
Development Department (EDD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
House
Bill 588 amends the existing New Mexico Minimum Wage Act, NMSA 1978 §50-4-22,
to prohibit political subdivisions of the state from establishing a minimum
wage that exceeds the federal minimum wage.
The US Department of Labor enforces federal
minimum wages and the NM Department of Labor enforces the state minimum wage.
If the counties and cities were permitted to create their own minimum wage,
they would have to create enforcement mechanisms.
It is questionable whether HB 588 covers
municipalities. The wording included in the bill is “no political subdivision”.
Counties are political subdivisions of the state. School districts and improvement
districts may be political subdivisions. Municipalities are not necessarily
included in the term “political subdivision”; municipalities are generally
referred to separately as municipal corporations and are regulated in the same
manner as counties.
RLG/prr