Ch. 688                                    1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be construed
prospectively and may be applied only to contracts resulting from a request for proposals
made after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 4 AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections I and 3 of this Act
shall take effect January 1, 1999.

SECTION 2. 4. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except as provided in
Section 4 of this Act, this Act shall take effect October 1, 1997.

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 688
(House Bill 727)

AN ACT concerning

Tipped Employees - Computation of Wages

FOR the purpose of altering the method of computation of certain wages for certain
employees who receive tips to be consistent with the Federal-Fair Labor Standards
Act; providing for the effective date of this Act; and generally relating to
compensation of employees who receive tips.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article—Labor and Employment
Section 3-401(d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 3-419

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

Article - Labor and Employment

3-401.

(d) "Federal Act" means the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
3-419.

(a) (1) This section applies to each employee who:

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