00                            SENATE BILL NO. 224                                                                         
01 "An Act increasing the state minimum 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, an  employer shall pay to each                            
05       employee wages at a rate of not less than $1.00 [50 CENTS] an hour greater than the                           
06       prevailing Federal Minimum Wage Law  for hours worked in a pay period, whether                                    
07       the work is measured by time, piece, commission, or otherwise.  An employer may not                               
08       apply tips or gratuities bestowed upon employees as a credit toward payment of the                                
09       minimum hourly wage required by this section.  Tip credit as defined by the Fair                                  
10       Labor Standards Act of 1938 as amended does not apply to the minimum wage                                         
11       established by this section.                                                                                      
12    * Sec. 2.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
13 read:                                                                                                                   
14       APPLICABILITY.  AS 23.10.065(a), as amended by sec. 1 of this Act, applies to                                     
15 work performed on or after the effective date of this Act.                                                              

01    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).