HB697 Alabama 2015 Session

Under existing law, the minimum wage required to be paid for persons doing work on, for or on behalf of this state, county, municipality, or any agency thereof, is established by the United States government

This bill would establish a minimum wage for persons doing work for, or on behalf of, the state, a county, a municipality, or any agency thereof

The bill would provide for the adjustment of wages

The bill would provide that the minimum wage requirement would be applicable to all contracts in excess of a certain amount

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621. If this bill is not enacted by a 2/3 vote, it will not become effective with regard to a local entity unless approved by the local entity or until, and only as long as, the Legislature appropriates funds or provides for a local source of revenue

To establish a minimum wage for persons doing work on, for or on behalf of the state, county, municipality, or any agency thereof pursuant to service or labor contract; to provide for the adjustment of the wages; to provide that the minimum wage requirement is applicable to all contracts in excess of a certain amount; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.