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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to exempting from certain employment restrictions the |
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employment of certain children engaged in the direct sale of |
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newspapers to the general public. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.003(a), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) This chapter does not apply to employment of a child: |
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(1) employed: |
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(A) in a nonhazardous occupation; |
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(B) under the direct supervision of the child's |
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parent or an adult having custody of the child; and |
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(C) in a business or enterprise owned or operated |
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by the parent or custodian; |
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(2) 11 years or older engaged in delivery of |
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newspapers to the consumer; |
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(3) participating in a school-supervised and |
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school-administered work-study program approved by the commission; |
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(4) employed in agriculture during a period when the |
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child is not legally required to be attending school; |
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(5) employed through a rehabilitation program |
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supervised by a county judge; [or] |
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(6) engaged in nonhazardous casual employment that |
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will not endanger the safety, health, or well-being of the child and |
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to which the parent or adult having custody of the child has |
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consented; or |
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(7) 14 years or older engaged in the direct sale of |
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newspapers to the general public. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |