SENATE BILL 125

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2022

INTRODUCED BY

George K. Munoz and Michael Padilla

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGES; PROVIDING FOR A MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE RATE OF FIFTEEN DOLLARS ($15.00) FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 10-7-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1974, Chapter 10, Section 2) is amended to read:

     "10-7-9. MINIMUM SALARY RATE.--

          A. Every [state employee and every] person regularly employed at a state educational institution named in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico [constitution], except student employees as defined by the [board of educational finance] higher education department, shall receive a salary at a rate equal to at least four hundred dollars ($400) per month.

          B. Every state employee shall receive a salary at a rate equal to at least fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour."

     SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2022.

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