By Romo                                               H.B. No. 1323
          Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1323:
          By Oliveira                                       C.S.H.B. No. 1323
                                 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  Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
    1-7        (d)  In addition to any occupation determined 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 an
   1-10  exempt organization is a hazardous occupation for purposes of this
   1-11  chapter if the child is:
   1-12              (1)  younger than 14 years of age; and
   1-13              (2)  unaccompanied by a parent, conservator, guardian,
   1-14  or other person who has possession of the child under a court
   1-15  order.
   1-16        (e)  For purposes of this section, "exempt organization"
   1-17  means:
   1-18              (1)  a charitable organization, as that term is defined
   1-19  under Section 84.003, Civil Practice and Remedies Code;
   1-20              (2)  an organization regulated under Title 15, Election
   1-21  Code; or
   1-22              (3)  a club, organization, or other group engaged in a
   1-23  fund-raising activity for the club, organization, or group if the
   1-24  activity is sponsored by a public or private primary or secondary
    2-1  school.
    2-2        SECTION 2.  Section 51.031, Labor Code, is amended to read as
    2-3  follows:
    2-4        Sec. 51.031.  OFFENSE; PENALTY.  An offense under Section
    2-5  51.041 Subsection (d) is a Class A misdemeanor.
    2-6        SECTION 3.  (a)  The change is law made by Section 2 of this
    2-7  Act applies only to the punishment for an offense committed on or
    2-8  after the effective date of this Act.   For purposes of this
    2-9  section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this
   2-10  Act if any element of the offense occurs before the effective date.
   2-11        (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
   2-12  Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
   2-13  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
   2-14        SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   2-15        SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-16  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-17  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-18  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-19  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.