73rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2005 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 244
 
                         Senate Bill 455
 
Sponsored by Senator KRUSE; Senators BEYER, GEORGE, MORSE, C
  STARR, WESTLUND, WHITSETT, WINTERS
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Deletes annual adjustment of minimum wage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to annual adjustment of minimum wage; creating new
  provisions; and amending ORS 653.025 and 653.040.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 653.025 is amended to read:
  653.025.   { - (1) - }  Except as provided by ORS 652.020 and
the rules of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and
Industries issued under ORS 653.030 and 653.261,   { - for each
hour of work time that the employee is gainfully employed, no - }
 { + for calendar years beginning after December 31, 2005, an + }
employer   { - shall - }   { + may not + } employ or agree to
employ any employee at wages computed at a rate lower than
 { - : - }  { +  $6.90 for each hour of work time that the
employee is gainfully employed. + }
    { - (a) For calendar year 1997, $5.50 - }
    { - (b) For calendar year 1998, $6.00 - }
    { - (c) For calendar years after December 31, 1998, and
before January 1, 2003, $6.50. - }
    { - (d) For calendar year 2003, $6.90. - }
    { - (e) For calendar years after 2003, a rate adjusted for
inflation. - }
    { - (2)(a) The Oregon minimum wage shall be adjusted annually
for inflation, as provided in paragraph (b) of this
subsection. - }
    { - (b) No later than September 30 of each year, beginning in
calendar year 2003, the commissioner shall calculate an
adjustment of the wage amount specified in subsection (1) of this
section based upon the increase (if any) from August of the
preceding year to August of the year in which the calculation is
made in the U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers for All Items as prepared by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the United States Department of Labor or its
successor. - }
    { - (c) The wage amount established under this subsection
shall: - }
    { - (A) Be rounded to the nearest five cents; and - }
 
 
    { - (B) Become effective as the new Oregon minimum wage,
replacing the dollar figure specified in subsection (1) of this
section, on January 1 of the following year. - }
  SECTION 2. ORS 653.040 is amended to read:
  653.040. The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and
Industries, in addition to the commissioner's other powers, may:
  (1) Investigate and ascertain the wages of persons employed in
any occupation or place of employment in the state.
  (2) Require from an employer statements, including sworn
statements, with respect to wages, hours, names and addresses and
such other information pertaining to the employer's employees or
their employment as the commissioner considers necessary to carry
out ORS 653.010 to 653.261.
  (3) Make such rules as the commissioner considers appropriate
to carry out the purposes of ORS 653.010 to 653.261, or necessary
to prevent the circumvention or evasion of ORS 653.010 to 653.261
and to   { - establish and - }  safeguard the minimum wage rates
provided for under ORS 653.010 to 653.261.
 
  { - If any part of this statute is held to be unconstitutional
under the state or federal constitution, the remaining parts
shall not be affected, and shall remain in full force and
effect. - }
  SECTION 3.  { + The amendments to ORS 653.025 and 653.040 by
sections 1 and 2 of this 2005 Act apply only to work performed on
or after the effective date of this 2005 Act. + }
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