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This is an interesting political-legal conundrum

Posted by spamlet Jul 14 '15, 10:18

There is a bill before the MO Governor that specifically disallows municipalities from raising the minimum wage after August 28, 2015. The bill has been vetoed and the override chances are uncertain.

The issue is that Missouri law doesn't appear to give municipalities the ability to raise the minimum wage above the state level. But does a law passed that would restrict them from doing so give them the ability to do it if the veto is then sustained?

http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/trail-can-vetoed-bill-have-legal-significance-beyond-legislative-grave (news.stlpublicradio.org)

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- A lot of this is hedged in the 1998 legislation which was left rather unresolved with a somewhat unclear circuit ruling. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 11:00
- From what I understand there is no current legal authority that says that they can. The argument is the Legislature is implicitly saying they can - spamlet Jul 14, 10:23 1
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Interesting. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 10:20

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