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Drafted Minimum Wage Bill
Drafted Minimum Wage Bill
7 Introduced:
8 Enacted:
9 Executive:
10 Effective:
11 Sunset Date: None
12 Ch. , Laws of Mont. Co.
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15 COUNTY COUNCIL
16 FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND
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47The County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland approves the following Act:
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84local economy.
85 Sec. 2. Transition.
86 Notwithstanding Section 27-68, as amended in Section 1, except when the
87scheduled increases are suspended under subsection (e), the County minimum wage,
88until July 1, 2022, must be the greater of the minimum wage required under the
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102 (2) has tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
103 Revenue Code; or
104 (3) provides:
105 (A) home health services as defined by 42 C.F.R. 440.70 or
106 home or community-based services as defined by 42
107 C.F.R. 440.180;
108 (B) receives at least 75% of gross revenues through state and
109 federal Medicaid programs; and
110 (C) is certified by the Office of Human Rights as meeting the
111 requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B).
112 (d) For the purposes of subsections (a) and (b), an employers number of
113 employees must be calculated based upon the employers average
114 number of employees per calendar week during the preceding
115 calendar year for each week at least one employee worked for
116 compensation. For employers that did not have any employees during
117 the preceding calendar year, the employers number of employees
118 must be calculated based upon the average number of employees who
119 worked for compensation per calendar week during the first 90
120 calendar days of the current year in which the employer engaged in
121 business.
122 (e) (1) On or before January 31 of each year beginning in 2018
123 through 2022, to ensure that economic conditions can support a
124 minimum wage increase, the Director of Finance must
125 determine and certify to the Executive and Council if:
126 (A) total private employment for Montgomery County
127 decreased by 1.5% over the period from April 1 to June
128 30 of the previous year. The calculation must compare
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156 (4) The Executive must not suspend scheduled minimum wage
157 increases under this Section more than two times.
158Sec. 3. Effective Date.
159 This Act takes effect on July 1, 2018.
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161Approved:
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Roger Berliner, President, County Council Date
163Approved:
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Isiah Leggett, County Executive Date
165This is a correct copy of Council action.
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Linda M. Lauer, Clerk of the Council Date
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