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HOUSE BILL NO. 585

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H0585.................................................by ROBISON AND BIETER
AGRICULTURAL LABOR - Amends existing law to apply the state's minimum wage
law to agricultural labor.

02/02    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/03    Rpt prt - to St Aff

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H0585


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 585

                                  BY ROBISON AND BIETER

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO THE MINIMUM WAGE LAW; AMENDING SECTION  44-1504,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
 3        DELETE THE EXEMPTION FOR AGRICULTURAL LABOR.

 4    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 5        SECTION  1.  That  Section 44-1504, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 6    amended to read as follows:

 7        44-1504.  EMPLOYEES EXCEPTED FROM PROVISIONS OF  ACT.  The  provisions  of
 8    this  act  shall  not apply to any employee employed in a bona fide executive,
 9    administrative, or professional capacity,  to agricultural labor as  that
10    term  is  defined  in section 72-1304, Idaho Code,  to anyone engaged in
11    domestic service, to any individual employed as an outside salesman,  to  sea-
12    sonal  employees of a nonprofit camping program, or to any child under the age
13    of sixteen (16) years working part time or at odd jobs not exceeding  a  total
14    of four (4) hours per day with any one (1) employer.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

    





                           STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                                 RS 07674
    
    This legislation would extend the Idaho minimum wage law to 
    farm workers. Presently agricultural employers who use more 
    than 500 man days of labor per quarter are required to pay the 
    federal minimum wage. This is equal to 100 workers for five 
    days, or seven full-time year around. Other farmers pay the 
    minimum wage, or more, even though it is not required by law. 
    This legislation would benefit workers who are not covered by 
    the federal law and presently do not receive the equivalent of 
    the Idaho minimum wage.
    
                                FISCAL NOTE
    
    This legislation would add to the work load of the wage and 
    hour division of the Idaho Department of Labor. Presently 
    four compliance officers handle a total of 1,500 claims a 
    year. The added work load is estimated at 500 claims a year 
    and would require at least one additional staff person at a 
    cost of $60,000 a year from the general fund.
    
    CONTACT: Representative Robison
             332-1000
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
    
    Bill No. H 585