HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

82.

As used in this subtitle:

(e) "Employee" includes any individual employed by an
employer but shall not include:

(9) Any individual employed in motion picture
theatres[, including] AND drive-in theatres[, and legitimate
theatres;].

83.

Every employer shall pay to each of his employees, except as
may be provided pursuant to this subtitle, wages at the following
rates:

(3) All employees as may be subject to the provisions of
this subtitle shall receive a wage of one and one-half (1 1/2)
times their usual hourly wage rate for any hours worked in excess
of forty (40) hours during any workweek except that this
subsection shall not apply to any of the following employees:

(a) Any employee employed by an establishment which
is an amusement or recreational establishment including swimming
pools, if (a) it does not operate for more than seven months in
any calendar year, or (b) during the preceding calendar year, its
average receipts for any six months of such year earn more than
33 1/3 per centum of its average receipt for the other six months
of such year.

(K) (1) NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, THEATRE CRAFT OR TRADE EMPLOYEES OF A CONCERT
PROMOTER, MUSIC PAVILION, LEGITIMATE THEATRE, MUSIC FESTIVAL, OR
THEATRICAL SHOW SHALL RECEIVE A WAGE OF 1 1/2 TIMES THEIR USUAL
HOURLY RATE FOR ANY HOURS WORKED IN EXCESS OF 40 HOURS PER
EMPLOYER DURING ANY WORKWEEK.

(2) THIS PARAGRAPH DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY
EMPLOYEE WHO IS EMPLOYED BY A NONPROFIT EMPLOYER.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 21, 1985.