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| 2 | 2 | | Sixty-ninth |
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| 3 | 3 | | Legislative Assembly |
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| 4 | 4 | | of North Dakota |
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| 5 | 5 | | Introduced by |
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| 6 | 6 | | Representative Hager |
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| 7 | 7 | | A concurrent resolution to create and enact a new section to article XI of the Constitution of |
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| 8 | 8 | | North Dakota, relating to the minimum wage. |
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| 9 | 9 | | STATEMENT OF INTENT |
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| 10 | 10 | | This measure raises the minimum wage to nine dollars and twenty-five cents per hour and |
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| 11 | 11 | | provides for an annual cost of living increase to the minimum wage. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NORTH DAKOTA, THE |
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| 13 | 13 | | SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN: |
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| 14 | 14 | | That the following proposed new section to article XI of the Constitution of North Dakota is |
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| 15 | 15 | | agreed to and must be submitted to the qualified electors of North Dakota at the general |
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| 16 | 16 | | election to be held in 2026, in accordance with section 16 of article IV of the Constitution of |
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| 17 | 17 | | North Dakota. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. A new section to article XI of the Constitution of North Dakota is created and |
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| 19 | 19 | | enacted as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.Every employer shall pay to each of the employer's employees wages at a rate of not |
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| 21 | 21 | | less than nine dollars and twenty-five cents per hour. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 2.Beginning January 1, 2027, and on January first of each year thereafter, the minimum |
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| 23 | 23 | | wage must be adjusted by the increase, if any, in the cost of living. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 3.The increase in the cost of living must be measured by the percentage increase in the |
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| 25 | 25 | | consumer price index for all urban consumers (all items, United States city average) or |
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| 26 | 26 | | its successor index as published by the United States department of labor or its |
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| 27 | 27 | | successor agency for the twelve-month period ending August first of the immediately |
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| 28 | 28 | | preceding year. The amount of the minimum wage increase, if any, must be rounded |
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| 29 | 29 | | up to the nearest five cents. The minimum wage may not be decreased. |
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| 31 | 31 | | HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 3032 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 23 Sixty-ninth |
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| 57 | 57 | | 4.By October fifteenth of each year, the secretary of state shall publish on its website the |
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| 58 | 58 | | adjusted minimum wage rate that will become effective on January first of the following |
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| 59 | 59 | | year. |
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