SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE HEALTH AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 7

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2022

AN ACT

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGES; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978 TO PROVIDE FOR A MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE RATE OF FIFTEEN DOLLARS ($15.00) FOR STATE EMPLOYEES, CERTAIN HIGHER EDUCATION EMPLOYEES AND LICENSED AND NONLICENSED EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND STATE-CHARTERED CHARTER SCHOOLS.

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.--

          A. Every state employee, licensed and nonlicensed employee of school districts and state-chartered charter schools 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], except student employees as defined by the higher education department, shall receive a salary at a rate equal to at least [four hundred dollars ($400) per month] fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour.

          B. The salary increases shall be effective the first full pay period beginning on or after July 1, 2022."

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