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HOUSE BILL NO. 56

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H0056.........................................by ROBISON, TRAIL, AND BIETER
AGRICULTURAL LABOR - Amends existing law to include agricultural labor
within the minimum wage law.
                                                                        
01/16    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/17    Rpt prt - to Agric Aff

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 56
                                                                        
                               BY ROBISON, TRAIL, AND BIETER
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE LAW; AMENDING SECTION 44-1504, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE
  3        APPLICATION OF MINIMUM WAGE LAW TO AGRICULTURAL  LABOR  BY  REMOVING  SUCH
  4        LABOR  FROM THE LIST OF EMPLOYEES EXCEPTED FROM MINIMUM WAGE LAW; AND PRO-
  5        VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION 1.  That Section 44-1504, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        44-1504.  EMPLOYEES  EXCEPTED  FROM  PROVISIONS  OF ACT. The provisions of
 10    this act shall not apply to any employee employed in a  bona  fide  executive,
 11    administrative,  or  professional capacity, to agricultural labor as that term
 12    is defined in section 72-1304, Idaho Code, to anyone engaged in domestic  ser-
 13    vice, to any individual employed as an outside salesman, to seasonal employees
 14    of  a nonprofit camping program, or to any child under the age of sixteen (16)
 15    years working part time or at odd jobs not exceeding a total of four (4) hours
 16    per day with any one (1) employer.
                                                                        
 17        SECTION 2.  This act shall be in full force and effect on and after  Janu-
 18    ary 1, 2002.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                           STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                 RS 10455
                                     
This legislation would extend coverage of Idaho s minimum wage law 
to farm workers who are not covered by the federal minimum wage law, 
about 40 per cent of farm workers. It would be effective Jan. 1 2002.
Workers employed by larger farm operations, those that had 500 or more
man days of labor in a previous calendar quarter, are already covered 
by the federal minimum wage law, with a few exceptions. This 
legislation would cover farm workers without exception, including 
those who work by the piece. It would not eliminate piece rate work 
or prevent workers from earning more than the minimum wage, but would 
set a floor of $5.15 an hour for piece rate work. Most piece rate work
done for larger farm operations is presently covered by the federal
minimum wage law.



                              FISCAL IMPACT
                                     
This legislation would require the addition of two employees by the 
wage and hour division of the Department of Labor. Annual cost would 
be about $120,000.

Contact: Rep. Ken Robison    332-1203
         Rep. Tom Trail      332-1202
         Rep. David Bieter   332-1243


Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact          H 56