Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 151 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- A wage of less than three dollars and fifty-five cents per hour, in any occupation, as defined in this chapter, shall conclusively be presumed to be oppressive and unreasonable, wherever the term "minimum wage" is used in this chapter, unless the commissioner has expressly approved or shall expressly approve the establishment and payment of a lesser wage under the provisions of sections seven and nine.

SECTION 2. Said section 1 of said chapter 151 is hereby further amended by striking out the second sentence, as amended by section one of this act, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- A wage of less than three dollars and sixty-five cents per hour, in any occupation, as defined in this chapter, shall conclusively be presumed to be oppressive and unreasonable, wherever the term "minimum wage" is used in this chapter, unless the commissioner has expressly approved or shall expressly approve the establishment and payment of a lesser wage under the provisions of sections seven and nine.

SECTION 3. Said section 1 of said chapter 151 is hereby further amended by striking out the second sentence, as most recently amended by section two of this act, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- A wage of less than three dollars and seventy-five cents per hour, in any occupation, as defined in this chapter, shall conclusively be presumed to be oppressive and unreasonable, wherever the term "minimum wage" is used in this chapter, unless the commissioner has expressly approved or shall expressly approve the establishment and payment of a lesser wage under the provisions of sections seven and nine.

SECTION 4. Section one of this act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and eighty-six, section two shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven and section three shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.