By Romo H.B. No. 153
74R1259 PB-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the employment of children; providing a criminal
1-3 penalty.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 51.014, Labor Code, is amended by adding
1-6 Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-7 (d) In addition to any occupation declared to be hazardous
1-8 under Subsection (a), the employment of a child to sell items or
1-9 services for or solicit donations for any person other than a
1-10 nonprofit organization between the hours of 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. is a
1-11 hazardous occupation for purposes of this chapter if the child is
1-12 younger than 14 years of age and is unaccompanied by a parent,
1-13 conservator, guardian, or other person who has possession of the
1-14 child under a court order.
1-15 SECTION 2. Section 51.031, Labor Code, is amended to read as
1-16 follows:
1-17 Sec. 51.031. OFFENSE; PENALTY. An offense under this
1-18 chapter is a Class A <C> misdemeanor.
1-19 SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by Section 2 of this
1-20 Act applies only to the punishment for an offense committed on or
1-21 after the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this
1-22 section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this
1-23 Act if any element of the offense occurs before the effective date.
1-24 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
2-1 Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense occurred, and
2-2 the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-3 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
2-4 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.