00                     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 185(L&C)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to exemptions from minimum wage."                                                                      
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 23.10.070 is amended to read:                                                                      
04 Sec. 23.10.070. Exemptions from minimum wage. To the extent necessary to                                              
05 prevent curtailment of opportunities of employment, the commissioner may by                                             
06 regulations or orders provide for the employment at wages lower than the minimum                                        
07       wage prescribed in AS 23.10.050 - 23.10.150 of                                                                    
08                 (1)  [AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE EARNING CAPACITY IS                                                           
09       IMPAIRED BY PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DEFICIENCY, AGE, OR INJURY, AT                                                     
10       THE WAGES AND SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS AND FOR THE PERIOD                                                      
11       OF TIME THAT ARE FIXED BY THE COMMISSIONER; AND                                                                   
12                 (2)]  an apprentice at the wages that are approved by the commissioner;                                 
13       or                                                                                                                
14                 (2) [(3)]  a learner at the wages and subject to the restrictions and for                           
15       the periods of time that are fixed by the commissioner.