73R8086 PB-F
By Romo, Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 1390
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1390:
By Raymond C.S.H.B. No. 1390
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the employment of children; providing a penalty.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 8, Chapter 531, Acts of the 67th
1-5 Legislature, Regular Session, 1981 (Article 5181.1, Vernon's Texas
1-6 Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (d) In addition to any occupation determined to be hazardous
1-9 under Subsection (a) of this section, the employment of a child
1-10 younger than 14 years of age who is unaccompanied by a parent,
1-11 conservator, guardian, or other person who has possession of the
1-12 child under a court order to sell items or services for or solicit
1-13 donations for any individual or entity other than an exempt
1-14 organization during the period beginning one-half hour after sunset
1-15 and ending one-half hour before sunrise is a hazardous occupation
1-16 for purposes of this Act.
1-17 (e) For purposes of this section, "exempt organization"
1-18 means:
1-19 (1) a charitable organization, as that term is defined
1-20 under Section 84.003, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; or
1-21 (2) an organization regulated under Title 15, Election
1-22 Code.
1-23 SECTION 2. Section 12, Chapter 531, Acts of the 67th
2-1 Legislature, Regular Session, 1981 (Article 5181.1, Vernon's Texas
2-2 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
2-3 Sec. 12. Penalty. An offense under this Act is a Class A
2-4 <C> misdemeanor.
2-5 SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by Section 2 of this
2-6 Act applies only to the punishment for an offense committed on or
2-7 after the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this
2-8 section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this
2-9 Act if any element of the offense occurs before the effective date.
2-10 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
2-11 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
2-12 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-13 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-14 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.