FIFTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION

March 15, 2013

HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ___1__ to SENATE BILL 352, as amended

Amendment sponsored by Representative Christine Trujillo

    1. On page 1, line 16, before the period, insert "; PROVIDING FOR DELAYED REPEAL".

    2. On page 3, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following new section:

    "SECTION 2. Section 50-4-24 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter 275, Section 1, as amended by Section 1 of this act) is repealed and a new Section 50-4-24 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

    "50-4-24. [NEW MATERIAL] EMPLOYERS EXEMPT FROM OVERTIME PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.--

         A. An employer of workers engaged in the ginning of cotton for market, in a place of employment located within a county where cotton is grown in commercial quantities is exempt from the overtime provisions of Subsection D of Section 50-4-22 NMSA 1978 if each employee is employed for a period of not more than fourteen weeks in the aggregate in a calendar year.

         B. An employer of workers engaged in agriculture is exempt from the overtime provisions set forth in Subsection D of Section 50-4-22 NMSA 1978. As used in this subsection, "agriculture" has the meaning used in Section 203 of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act."".

    3. Renumber the succeeding section accordingly.

    4. On page 3, line 9, before "The", insert the subsection designation "A.".

    5. On page 3, line 10, after "of", insert "Section 1 of".

    6. On page 3, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following new subsection:

         "B. The effective date of the provisions of Section 2 of this act is July 1, 2015.".

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                                    Christine Trujillo

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