0001| HOUSE BILL 619 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| VINCENT GALLEGOS | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO WAGES; INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR CERTAIN | 0013| EMPLOYEES. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 50-4-22 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1955, | 0017| Chapter 200, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read: | 0018| "50-4-22. MINIMUM WAGES.-- | 0019| A. Every employer, except as provided in Section | 0020| 50-4-21 NMSA 1978, shall pay the minimum wage rate of ~~[$4.25]~~ | 0021| five dollars ($5.00) an hour, excepting that an employer | 0022| furnishing food, utilities, supplies or housing to an employee | 0023| who is engaged in agriculture may deduct the reasonable value of | 0024| such furnished items from any wages due to the employee. | 0025| B. All employees covered by Subsection A of this | 0001| section who customarily and regularly receive more than thirty | 0002| dollars ($30.00) a month in tips shall be paid a minimum hourly | 0003| wage of two dollars twelve and one-half cents ($2.125). The | 0004| employer may consider tips as part of wages, but such a wage | 0005| credit shall not exceed fifty percent of the minimum wage. All | 0006| tips received by such employees shall be retained by the | 0007| employee, except that nothing ~~[herein]~~ in this section shall | 0008| prohibit the pooling of tips among employees. | 0009| C. No employee covered by the provisions of | 0010| Subsection A of this section shall be required to work more than | 0011| forty hours in any week of seven days, unless he is paid one and | 0012| one-half times his regular hourly rate of pay for all hours | 0013| worked in excess of forty hours." | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| State of New Mexico | 0017| House of Representatives | 0018| | 0019| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0020| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0021| | 0022| February 1, l996 | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Mr. Speaker: | 0001| | 0002| Your RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS COMMITTEE, to | 0003| whom has been referred | 0004| | 0005| HOUSE BILL 619 | 0006| | 0007| has had it under consideration and finds same to be | 0008| GERMANE in accordance with constitutional provisions. | 0009| | 0010| Respectfully submitted, | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Barbara A. Perea Casey, | 0016| Chairperson | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Adopted Not Adopted | 0020| | 0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0022| | 0023| Date | 0024| | 0025| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against | 0001| Yes: 10 | 0002| Excused: Lujan, Olguin, Rodella, R. G. Sanchez, S. M. Williams | 0003| Absent: None | 0004| | 0005| H0619RC1 State of New Mexico | 0006| House of Representatives | 0007| | 0008| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0009| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| February 6, 1996 | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Mr. Speaker: | 0016| | 0017| Your LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE, to | 0018| whom has been referred | 0019| | 0020| HOUSE BILL 619 | 0021| | 0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0023| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0024| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0025| | 0001| Respectfully submitted, | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| Vincent Gallegos, Chairman | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Adopted Not Adopted | 0010| | 0011| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0012| | 0013| Date | 0014| | 0015| The roll call vote was 4 For 2 Against | 0016| Yes: 4 | 0017| No: Roberts, Marquardt | 0018| Excused: None | 0019| Absent: None | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| H0619LA1 State of New Mexico | 0024| House of Representatives | 0025| | 0001| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0002| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| February 7, 1996 | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Mr. Speaker: | 0009| | 0010| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to | 0011| whom has been referred | 0012| | 0013| HOUSE BILL 619 | 0014| | 0015| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0016| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0017| | 0018| 1. On page 1, strike line 21. | 0019| | 0020| 2. On page 1, lines 22 and 23, strike "may deduct the | 0021| reasonable value of such furnished from any wages" and insert in | 0022| lieu thereof "shall continue to pay the federal minimum wage | 0023| rate". | 0024| | 0025| Respectfully submitted, | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| Max Coll, Chairman | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Adopted Not Adopted | 0010| | 0011| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0012| | 0013| Date | 0014| | 0015| The roll call vote was 9 For 4 Against | 0016| Yes: 9 | 0017| No: Buffett, Reyes, Townsend, Wallace | 0018| Excused: Bird, Coll, Gentry, Knowles, Light | 0019| Absent: None | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| H0619AF1 |