S.B. 138 Enrolled

MINIMUM WAGE APPLICABILITY
2001 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Howard A. Stephenson
This act modifies the Utah Minimum Wage Act to prohibit cities, towns, and counties from
establishing a minimum wage rate that exceeds the federal minimum wage rate. The act
prohibits cities, towns, and counties from requiring that a person contracting with the city,
town, or county pay its employees a minimum wage that exceeds the federal minimum wage.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
ENACTS:
34-30-106, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 34-30-106 is enacted to read:
34-30-106. Limitations on minimum wage imposed by cities, towns, or counties.
(1) A city, town, or county may not establish, mandate, or require a minimum wage that
exceeds the federal minimum wage as provided in 29 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq., Fair Labor Standards
Act of 1938.
(2) (a) A city, town, or county may not require that a person who contracts with the city,
town, or county pay that person's employees a wage that exceeds the federal minimum wage as
provided in 29 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq., Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
(b) Subsection (2)(a) does not apply when federal law requires the payment of a prevailing
or minimum wage to persons working on projects funded in whole or in part by federal funds.
(c) Subsection (2)(a) applies to contracts executed on or after April 30, 2001.