An Act To Increase the Minimum Wage iff: ;:;;:.: ,) .: : .. -, ,;t :/U:.,:( ~';:':j": ... ~;; :'!!; ~ :,","', .'-": : .' . .', 1. . Reference tb'the Comitiittee oil Labor suggested and ordered printed. ,, , . .. ~ . .
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0403
Sponsors: TUTTLE, JACKSON, BLODGETT, GILBERT, PINGREE, TRINW ARD, BARTLETT, GERZOFSKY, MITCHELL, SULLIVAN
Amends: 26 MRSA §664

MAINE STATE LEGISLATURE 
The following document is provided by the 
LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY 
at the Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library 
http://legislature.maine.gov/lawlib 
Reproduced from scanned originals with text recognition applied 
(searchable text may contain some errors and/or omissions) 
n 
(~ 
~J 
. ' 
(" "'I~ fi. TE ! Pi Ui:,f LI~ A q, 111/ 
V M 
w11f1i 
ribA1.h~' 
AU
~"1U tJ"if'A • 
~ " ," ,~~ 
, 
l ";~ ," u '" 
f;}iJ':\r .. ,~; f-' 
• 
'Wi 
'e.J;. '13 IN! 
"':Y";, 'j \r."-
124thMAINELEGISLATURE 
'i' 
. FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2009 
LegiSlative:Document·· . 
"; :;1': 
; 
.... ;!' 
"*'.' 
No. 403 
H:P~,299,' 
.Ii:" 
House ofRepiesentatives,Febl~uary 9,2009 
;'.: 
;:. 
An Act To Increase the Minimum Wage 
"iff: ;:;;:.: ,) 
"'.:' 
: .. -, 
,;t :/U:.,:( ~';:':j": ... 
'~;; :'!!; ~ 
':,","', .'-": 
: 
.' ." 
.', 1. 
. 
Reference tb'the Comitiittee oil Labor suggested and ordered printed. 
,,' 
", 
. 
.. 
~ . 
. 
Presented by Representative TUTTLE of Sanford. 
Cosponsored by Senator JACKSON of Aroostook and 
'I11d1~ 111· 7//tu;1~-w;{ 
MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: BLODGETT of Augusta, GILBERT of Jay, Speaker PINGREE of North 
Haven, TRINW ARD of Waterville, Senators: BARTLETT of Cumberland, GERZOFSKY of 
Cumberland, President MITCHELL of Kennebec, SULLIVAN of York. 
:;, 
. f, 
':;':' 
Printed on recych:d po.pcr 
Be it enacted by the People ofthe State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §664, sub-§l, as amended by PL 2007, c. 640, §4, is further 
amended to read: 
1. Minimum wage. The minimum hourly wage is $6.50 per hour. Starting October 
1, 2006, the minimum hourly wage is $6.75 per hour. Starting October 1, 2007, the 
minimum hourly wage is $7.00 per hour. Starting October 1,2008, the minimum hourly 
wage is $7.25 per hour. Starting October 1,2009, the minimum hourly wage is $7.50 per 
hour. Starting October 1, 2010, the minimum hourly wage is $8.20 per hour. Starting 
October 1, 2011, the minimum hourly wage is $8.90 per hour. On October 31, 2011 and 
on October 31 st each year thereafter, the Department of Labor shall calculate an adjusted 
minimum wage rate to maintain employee purchasing power. The adjusted minimum 
wage must be calculated to the nearest cent using the Consumer Price Index for Urban 
Wage Earners and Clerical Workers or a successor index for the 12 months prior to each 
September 1st. Each adjusted minimum wage rate so calculated takes effect January 1st 
of the following year. If the highest federal minimum wage· is increased in excess of the 
minimum wage in effect under this section, the minimum wage under this section is 
increased to the same amount, effective on the same date as the increase in the federal 
minimum wage, but in no case may the minimum wage exceed the minimum wage 
otherwise in effect under this section by more than $1 per hour. 
SUMMARY 
This bill increases the minimum wage to $8.20 per hour in 2010 and to $8.90 in 2011. 
Each year after that, the minimum wage is adjusted based on changes in prices, so that the 
minimum hourly wage rate maintains emp10yeepurchasing.pow;er. The price adjustment 
is based on the change in the Consumer Price Index. 
) 
) 
)