Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight
\t \t\tHB 1480-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL\t1480-FN
AN ACT\testablishing a state minimum wage.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Butler, Carr. 7; Rep. Berch, Ches. 1; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21
COMMITTEE:\tLabor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill establishes a state minimum wage.
\tThis bill also deletes references to certain tipped employees under the minimum hourly rate.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\testablishing a state minimum wage.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Minimum Hourly Rate; 2017. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 279:21 to read as follows:
\t279:21 Minimum Hourly Rate. Unless otherwise provided by statute, no person[, firm, or corporation] shall employ any employee at an hourly rate lower than $8.25 or that set forth in the federal minimum wage law, as amended. Tipped employees of a restaurant[, hotel, motel, inn or cabin, or ballroom] who customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a month in tips directly from the customers will receive a base rate from the employer of not less than [45 percent of the applicable minimum wage] $4.00 per hour. If an employee shows to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the actual amount of wages received at the end of each pay period did not equal the minimum wage for all hours worked, the employer shall pay the employee the difference to guarantee the applicable minimum wage. The limitations imposed hereby shall be subject to the following exceptions:
\t2 Minimum Hourly Rate; Version 2018. The introductory paragraph of RSA 279:21 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
\t279:21 Minimum Hourly Rate. Unless otherwise provided by statute, no person shall employ any employee at an hourly rate lower than $9.00 or that set forth in the federal minimum wage law, as amended. Tipped employees of a restaurant who customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a month in tips directly from the customers will receive a base rate from the employer of not less than $4.50 per hour. If an employee shows to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the actual amount of wages received at the end of each pay period did not equal the minimum wage for all hours worked, the employer shall pay the employee the difference to guarantee the applicable minimum wage. The limitations imposed hereby shall be subject to the following exceptions:
\t3 Minimum Hourly Rate; Version 2019. The introductory paragraph of RSA 279:21 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
\t279:21 Minimum Hourly Rate. Unless otherwise provided by statute, no person shall employ any employee at an hourly rate lower than $9.50 or that set forth in the federal minimum wage law, as amended. Tipped employees of a restaurant who customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a month in tips directly from the customers will receive a base rate from the employer of not less than $5.00 per hour. If an employee shows to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the actual amount of wages received at the end of each pay period did not equal the minimum wage for all hours worked, the employer shall pay the employee the difference to guarantee the applicable minimum wage. The limitations imposed hereby shall be subject to the following exceptions:
\t\tI. Section 2 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2018.
\t\tII. Section 3 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
\t\tIII. The remainder of this act shall take effect January 1, 2017.
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HB 1480-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT\testablishing a state minimum wage.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Labor and the New Hampshire Municipal Association state this bill, as introduced, may increase local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2017 and in each year thereafter. There will be no impact on state, county, or local revenue or on state or county expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Labor states it is not able to estimate the fiscal impact as it does not have information on the number of minimum wage workers. The Department states, based on a 40 hour work week, the bill would increase the minimum wage for full-time workers from the current rate of $290 per week to $330 per week in 2017, $360 per week in 2018, and $380 per week in 2019. The Department assumes that cities and towns would most likely be impacted.
The New Hampshire Municipal Association states, that without checking with all 234 municipalities, it is not possible to determine how many employees would be affected or what the amount of increase may be. Based on the information available, the Association assumes the impact on municipal expenditures would be minimal and there should be no impact on municipal revenues.
The Department of Administrative Services states this bill will have no fiscal impact on state expenditures. The Department states hourly rate for classified employees employed by the state exceeds the hourly minimum wage rates in the bill.
The New Hampshire Association of Counties states this bill will have no identifiable fiscal impact on county revenue or expenditures.