SENATE BILL 237

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2016

INTRODUCED BY

Pete Campos

AN ACT

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGES; AMENDING AND ENACTING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978 TO PROVIDE FOR A MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE RATE OF TEN DOLLARS TEN CENTS ($10.10) FOR STATE EMPLOYEES AND FOR CONTRACTORS' EMPLOYEES WORKING PURSUANT TO STATE CONTRACTS VALUED AT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000) OR MORE; PROVIDING FOR INFLATION-BASED INCREASES TO STATE MINIMUM WAGES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 10-7-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1974, Chapter 10, Section 2) is amended to read:

     "10-7-9. MINIMUM SALARY RATE.--Every state employee and every person regularly employed at a state educational institution named in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico [constitution], except student employees as defined by the [board of educational finance] higher education department, shall receive a salary at a rate equal to at least [four hundred dollars ($400) per month] ten dollars ten cents ($10.10) per hour. The minimum wage rate under this section in effect on January 1, 2017 shall be adjusted on July 1, 2017 and each July 1 thereafter for the percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers between the two calendar years immediately preceding the adjustment date. Any increase to the minimum wage pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of five cents ($.05). In the event of a negative percentage change in the consumer price index, the minimum wage shall not be decreased. The governor shall publish by May 1 of each year the adjusted minimum wage pursuant to this section that takes effect on July 1."

     SECTION 2. A new section of the Procurement Code shall be enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] CONTRACT WITH A STATE AGENCY--MINIMUM WAGE.--Under a contract with a state agency that takes effect on or after July 1, 2016 and is valued at fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more, a contractor shall pay each person employed pursuant to the contract no less than a minimum wage rate of ten dollars ten cents ($10.10) per hour. The minimum wage rate under this section in effect on January 1, 2017 shall be adjusted on July 1, 2017 and each July 1 thereafter for the percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers between the two calendar years immediately preceding the adjustment date. Any increase to the minimum wage pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of five cents ($.05). In the event of a negative percentage change in the consumer price index, the minimum wage shall not be decreased. The governor shall publish by May 1 of each year the adjusted minimum wage pursuant to this section that takes effect on July 1."

     SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2016.

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