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HB 1065 to increase the minimum wage and to declare an...

State of South Dakota  
SEVENTY-SECOND  SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,  1997
 

358A0478  
HOUSE BILL   NO.     1065  

        Introduced by:  Representatives Hagg, Brosz, Cutler, de Hueck, Derby, Hunt, and Madden and Senators Rounds, Everist, Halverson, and Shoener  

         FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act  to increase the minimum wage and to declare an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That § 60-11-3 be amended to read as follows:
     60-11-3.   Every employer shall pay to each of his employees employee who has reached the age of eighteen years, wages at a rate of not less than four dollars and twenty-five seventy-five cents an hour. Violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
     The provisions of this section do not apply to babysitters or outside salesmen.
     Section  2.  That § 60-11-3 be amended to read as follows:
     60-11-3.   Every employer shall pay to each of his employees employee who has reached the age of eighteen years, wages at a rate of not less than four five dollars and twenty-five fifteen cents an hour. Violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
     The provisions of this section do not apply to babysitters or outside salesmen.
     Section  3.  That § 60-11-3.1 be amended to read as follows:
     60-11-3.1.   Tips or other considerations received by a tipped employee may be credited by the employer toward the minimum wage provided in §   60-11-3 up to a maximum of fifty

percent of the required minimum wage

two dollars and thirteen cents an hour .
     A "tipped employee" is one engaged in an occupation in which he the employee customarily and regularly receives more than thirty-five dollars a month in tips or other considerations.
     This section does not apply to babysitters or outside salesmen.
     Section  4.  The provisions of section 2 of this Act are effective on September 1, 1997.
     Section  5.  Whereas, this Act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after April 1, 1997.