evidence_text: Rep. Koleszar moved to amend the bill as follows:
  
  1. Amend page 3, following line 14, by inserting:
  
  “ Sec. 4d. (1) Before September 1, 2014, the minimum hourly wage rate is $2.65 per hour and, beginning September 1, 2014, the The minimum hourly wage rate is 38% of the minimum hourly wage rate established in section 4 if all of the following occur:
  
  (a) The employee receives gratuities in the course of his or her the employee’s employment.
  
  (b) Every day the employee works, the employer calculates the employee’s gratuities described in subdivision (a) plus the minimum hourly wage rate described in this subsection. If the gratuities described in subdivision (a) plus the minimum hourly wage rate under described in this subsection do not equal or exceed the minimum hourly wage otherwise established under section 4, the employer pays any shortfall to the employee.
  
  (c) The gratuities are proven gratuities as indicated by the employee’s declaration for purposes of the federal insurance contributions act, 26 USC 3101 to 3128.
  
  (d) The employee was informed by the employer of the provisions of this section.
  
  (2) As used in this section, “gratuities” means tips or voluntary monetary contributions received by an employee from a guest, patron, or customer for services rendered to that guest, patron, or customer and that the employee reports to the employer for purposes of the federal insurance contributions act, 26 USC 3101 to 3128. ”.
  
  The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor.