SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 151 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official

Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in the second sentence, the words “$8.00 per hour”

and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

$11.00 per hour as of July 1, 2013, $11.50 per hour as of July 1, 2014 and $12.00 per hour as of

July 1, 2015

SECTION 2. Said section 1 of said chapter 151, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting

after the second sentence the following new sentences:-

Beginning in 2016, and in each year thereafter, the minimum wage shall be adjusted based upon the ‘

twelve-month percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban

Consumers (or a successor index, if any) as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the

United States Department of Labor, based on the most recent twelve-month period for which

data is available at the time that the adjustment is made, and rounded to the nearest five cents.

The adjusted minimum wage shall be calculated and announced by April 1 of each year, and

shall become effective as the new minimum wage on July 1 of each year.

SECTION 3. Said section 1 of said chapter 151, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by

striking out, in the last sentence, the figure “$.10” and inserting in place thereof the following

figure:-

$1.50

SECTION 4. Section 7 of said chapter 151, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out,

in the third paragraph, the words “the cash wage required to be paid such an employee on July 1,

1999” and inserting in place thereof:-

70 percent of the wage in effect under section 1 of this chapter

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on upon enactment.