00Enrolled SB 1                                                                                                           
01 Increasing the minimum hourly wage; and providing for an effective date.                                                
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03    * Section 1. AS 23.10.065(a) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                    
04            (a)  Except as provided in (b) of this section and as otherwise provided by law,                             
05       for hours worked in a pay period, whether the work is measured by time, piece,                                    
06       commission, or otherwise, an employer shall pay to each employee wages at a rate that                             
07       is not less than $7.25 an hour until December 31, 2009, and thereafter not less than 50                           
08       cents an hour more than the federal minimum wage. An employer may not apply tips                                  
09       or gratuities bestowed on 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 July 24, 2009.