By Mr. Jones of North Reading, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1797) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others that summer camps be exempt from the minimum wage law of the Commonwealth.  Labor and Workforce Development.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

Mary S. Rogeness

George N. Peterson, Jr.

John A. Lepper

Viriato Manuel deMacedo

Elizabeth A. Poirier

Robert S. Hargraves

Karyn E. Polito

Richard J. Ross

Susan Williams Gifford

Jeffrey Davis Perry

Paul J. P. Loscocco

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to exempting summer camps from the state minimum wage laws.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 1A of chapter 151 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in line 59, by striking out the following words:—

operated by a non-profit charitable corporation.

SECTION 2. Section 2 of said chapter 151, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 29 and 30, the words “or work by members of religious orders” and inserting in place thereof the following:—

work by members of religious orders, or for-profit and not-for-profit summer camps.