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(a) Subject to the restrictions imposed by § 2033(b) of this title, a guaranteed wage is hereby established, through a subsidy, for all eligible agricultural workers, of at least four dollars and forty-five cents ($4.45) as of January 1st, 2009, Fiscal Year 2008-2009, of four dollars and eighty cents ($4.80) as of July 1st, 2009, Fiscal Year 2009-2010, and of five dollars and twenty-five cents ($5.25) as of July 1, 2010, Fiscal Year 2010-2011.\n(b) The guaranteed subsidized wage established herein shall not alter any existing wage, or any wage to be agreed upon in the future for the various work classifications in the agricultural industry. Any wage increase achieved by agricultural workers through a collective bargaining agreement or work contract as of July 1st, 1989, shall be received by the worker over and above the guaranteed wage level, through the subsidy established herein, without affecting the farmer’s right to reimbursement for the wage subsidy.\nThe payment of wage subsidies shall not apply for overtime work as it is defined in §§ 271 et seq. of this title.\nHistory —Aug. 5, 1989, No. 46, p. 157, § 3; Dec. 8, 1989, No. 24, p. 591; Dec. 1, 1995, No. 224, § 1; Aug.

bsidies shall not apply for overtime work as it is defined in §§ 271 et seq. of this title.\nHistory —Aug. 5, 1989, No. 46, p. 157, § 3; Dec. 8, 1989, No. 24, p. 591; Dec. 1, 1995, No. 224, § 1; Aug. 7, 2008, No. 185, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.