00                       CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 1(L&C)                                                                     
01 "An Act increasing the minimum hourly wage; and providing for an effective date."                                       
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 23.10.065(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (a)  Except as provided under (b) of this section and as otherwise provided for                              
05       in law, for work performed on or after January 1, 2010 [2003], an employer shall pay                          
06       to each employee wages at a rate of not less than $1 more [$7.15] an hour than the                        
07       federal minimum wage for hours worked in a pay period, whether the work is                                    
08       measured by time, piece, commission, or otherwise. An employer may not apply tips                                 
09       or gratuities bestowed upon employees as a credit toward payment of the minimum                                   
10       hourly wage required by this section. Tip credit as defined by the Fair Labor Standards                           
11       Act of 1938 as amended does not apply to the minimum wage established by this                                     
12       section.                                                                                                        
13    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010.