CHAPTER 255

H.P. 165 - L.D. 214

An Act To Recognize the Federal Salary Level for Overtime

When Higher than the State Level

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §663, sub-§3, ¶K, as repealed and replaced by PL 1999, c. 465, §7, is amended to read:

K. A salaried employee who works in a bona fide executive, administrative or professional capacity and whose regular compensation, when converted to an annual rate, exceeds 3000 times the State's minimum hourly wage or the annualized rate established by the United States Department of Labor under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, whichever is higher.