Act No. 81

Public Acts of 2006

Approved by the Governor

March 28, 2006

Filed with the Secretary of State

March 28, 2006

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 2006

STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Senators Basham, Schauer, Emerson, Brater, Prusi, Clark-Coleman, Clarke, Olshove, Jacobs, Leland, Bernero, Barcia, Cherry, Switalski, Thomas and Scott

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 318

AN ACT to amend 1964 PA 154, entitled "An act to fix minimum wages for employees within this state; to prohibit wage discrimination; to provide for the administration and enforcement of this act; and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act," by amending section 4 (MCL 408.384), as amended by 1997 PA 2.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 4. (1) Subject to the exceptions specified in this act, the minimum hourly wage rate shall be:

(a) Beginning September 1, 1997, $5.15.

(b) Beginning October 1, 2006, $6.95.

(c) Beginning July 1, 2007, $7.15.

(d) Beginning July 1, 2008, $7.40.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if a ballot proposal that establishes a minimum wage is approved by the majority of electors voting on the question at the general election on November 7, 2006, the minimum wage shall be as established in the ballot proposal.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor