Arizona AG: Bill to cut student wages likely unconstitutional
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office says a Republican-backed proposal that would allow employers to pay working students well below Arizona’s minimum wage is unconstitutional.
In an email to Greg Jernigan, the general counsel for Senate Republicans, Deputy Solicitor General Rusty Crandell wrote that House Bill 2523 would change a voter-protected minimum wage statute from 2006 and needs at least a three-fourths majority vote in each legislative chamber to pass constitutional muster.
The email was provided to Arizona Mirror through a public records request.
The statement from the AG’s Office is in line with what two nonpartisan staff attorneys in the House and Senate have told lawmakers about HB2523.
Read more: https://www.azmirror.com/2019/04/04/az-ag-bill-to-cut-student-wages-likely-unconstitutional/