Amendment SA1-SSA1-SB147

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2005 SENATE BILL 147

April 12, 2005 - Offered by Senators Miller, Taylor, Carpenter, Breske, Risser, Plale, Hansen and Wirch.

SB147-SSA1-SA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment as follows:

SB147-SSA1-SA1,1,3 1. Page 1, line 5: after "ordinances" insert "and the appointment of a wage council to investigate and determine a living wage".

SB147-SSA1-SA1,1,4 2. Page 4, line 7: delete lines 7 to 14 and substitute:

SB147-SSA1-SA1,1,6 " Section 8d. 104.06 of the statutes is renumbered 104.06 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB147-SSA1-SA1,1,11 104.06 (2) (intro.) If, upon investigation, the department finds that there is reasonable cause to believe that the wages paid to any employee are not a living-wage, it The department shall appoint a wage council, selected so as fairly to represent employers, employees, and the public, to assist in its investigations and determinations. The living-wage so if any of the following occurs:

SB147-SSA1-SA1,2,3 (3) The living wage determined upon under sub. (2) shall be the living-wage living wage for all employees within the same class as established by the classification of the department.

SB147-SSA1-SA1, s. 8g Section 8g. 104.06 (1) of the statutes is created to read:

SB147-SSA1-SA1,2,7 104.06 (1) In this section, "poverty line" means the poverty guidelines for the continental United States, as revised annually by the federal department of health and human services under 42 USC 9902 (2).

SB147-SSA1-SA1, s. 8j Section 8j. 104.06 (2) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

SB147-SSA1-SA1,2,11 104.06 (2) (a) The department, upon investigation, finds that there is reasonable cause to believe that the wages paid to any employee are not a living wage.

SB147-SSA1-SA1, s. 8m Section 8m. 104.06 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB147-SSA1-SA1,2,17 104.06 (2) (b) The department finds that the minimum hourly wage established under this chapter for adults in nontipped, nonagricultural employment multiplied by 2,080 is less than 150 percent of the poverty line for a family unit of one person and 3 years have elapsed since the department last adjusted the living wage under this chapter.".

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