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The governor’s budget office and the Legislature’s new leaders this afternoon joined the business community in asking the Supreme Court to stay the implementation of a minimum wage hike until after the litigation over the initiative has been resolved.

In an amicus brief, Speaker-elect J.D. Mesnard, Senate President-elect Steve Yarbrough and Gov. Doug Ducey’s Office of Office of Strategic Planning & Budgeting told the court that Proposition 206, if allowed to take effect, would impose a “significant hardship” on the Legislature and Arizona’s taxpayers.

The proposition, which also mandates additional benefits for workers, is set to take effect in January.

“Its implementation will necessitate significant, and immediate, expenditures from the General Fund,” the legislative leaders wrote.

The Arizona Chamber of Commerce last week asked the Arizona Supreme Court to reverse Maricopa Superior Court Judge Daniel Kiley’s order denying the chamber’s request for a preliminary injunction to block the voter-approved minimum wage hike. The chamber also asked the justices to stay its implementation on the grounds that it violates the Arizona Constitution’s single-source and separate-amendment rules.