2004-05-06                     House Journal                      Page 3897
HB 255                                                                                            
The following was read the second time:                                                             
                                                                                                    
     HOUSE BILL NO. 255                                                                             
     "An Act amending the Alaska Wage and Hour Act as it relates to                                 
     flexible work hour plans, the provision of training wages, and the                             
     definitions of certain terms; and repealing the exemption in the                               
     Act from the payment of minimum wages for learners."                                           
                                                                                                    
with the:                                                      Journal Page                         
                                                                                                    
 L&C RPT CS(L&C) 4DP 2AM                                                1090                        
 FN1: ZERO(LWF)                                                         1091                        
 FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 4DP 5NR                                             3880                        
 FN2: ZERO(LWF)                                                         3881                        
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                   
following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill:                             
                                                                                                    
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 255(FIN)                                                                 
     "An Act amending the Alaska Wage and Hour Act as it relates to                                 
     the scope of administrative regulations defining a person                                      
     employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional                             
     capacity as it pertains to minimum salaries."                                                  
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 1 (title amendment) was offered by Representatives                                    
Rokeberg and Croft:                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Page 1, line 3, following "salaries":                                                             
 Insert "to require that the minimum salary for that individual                                   
be two times the minimum wage for the first forty hours of                                        
employment each week"                                                                             
                                                                                                    
Representative Rokeberg moved and asked unanimous consent that                                      
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.  There being no objection, Amendment                                    
No. 1 was adopted and the new title follows:                                                        
                                                                                                    

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     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 255(FIN)(title am)                                                       
     "An Act amending the Alaska Wage and Hour Act as it relates to                                 
     the scope of administrative regulations defining a person                                      
     employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional                             
     capacity as it pertains to minimum salaries to require that the                                
     minimum salary for that individual be two times the minimum                                    
     wage for the first forty hours of employment each week."                                       
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that                                       
CSHB 255(FIN)(title am) be considered engrossed, advanced to third                                  
reading, and placed on final passage.  There being no objection, it was                             
so ordered.                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
CSHB 255(FIN)(title am) was read the third time.                                                    
                                                                                                    
The question being:  "Shall CSHB 255(FIN)(title am) pass the                                        
House?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                              
                                                                                                    
CSHB 255(FIN)(title am)                                                                             
Third Reading                                                                                       
Final Passage                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  38   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  2                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Anderson, Berkowitz, Chenault, Coghill, Crawford, Croft,                                     
Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gara, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris,                                
Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kohring, Kookesh,                                   
Kott, Lynn, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Moses, Ogg, Rokeberg,                                           
Samuels, Seaton, Stepovich, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Williams, Wilson,                                   
Wolf                                                                                                
                                                                                                    
Absent:  Cissna, Masek                                                                              
                                                                                                    
And so, CSHB 255(FIN)(title am) passed the House and was referred                                   
to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.