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the minimum wage shall be the highest minimum wage set forth in the minimum wage
section of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219).

(C) IF SUCH EMPLOYEES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT BUT ARE
SUBJECT TO THE MARYLAND WAGE AND HOUR LAW, AN EMPLOYER
MAY PAY A TRAINING WAGE TO AN EMPLOYEE UNDER REGULATIONS
ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER WHICH CONTAIN THE CONDITIONS
AND LIMITATIONS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE FEDERAL FAIR LABOR
STANDARDS AMENDMENTS OF 1989.

(2) All employees as may be subject to the provisions of this subtitle except
those as are included under § 83(1) of Article 100 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
shall receive a wage of not less than $1.00 an hour from June 1, 1967, not less than $1.15
an hour beginning June 1, 1968, not less than $1.30 an hour beginning June 1, 1969, not
less than $1.45 an hour beginning June 1, 1970, not less than $1.60 an hour beginning
June 1, 1971, and that beginning on July 1, 1975, the minimum wage shall be as follows:

(a) If such employees are subject to the provisions of both the
Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219) and the Maryland Wage and
Hour Law, the minimum wage shall be the minimum wage as set forth in the minimum
wage section of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219).

(b) [If] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS
SECTION, IF such employees are not subject to the provisions of the Federal Fair
Labor Standards Act but are subject to the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the
minimum wage shall be the highest minimum wage set forth in the minimum wage
section of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219).

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an
emergency measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health
and safety, has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the
members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take
effect from the date it is enacted.

Approved April 10, 1990.

CHAPTER 56
(Senate Bill 104)

AN ACT concerning

Fisheries Violations - Venue for Offenses on the Chesapeake Bay

FOR the purpose of removing a restriction on the general venue of the District Court to
try fisheries offenses that occur on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay; and making
this Act an emergency measure.

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