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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to restrictions on hours of employment for children; |
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creating criminal offenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 51.013, Labor Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.013. HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT; HARDSHIP EXEMPTION; |
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FAMILY EMPLOYMENT EXEMPTION. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.013, Labor Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsections |
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(a-1), (b-1), and (e) to read as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person permits a |
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child who is 14 or 15 years of age and who is employed by the person |
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to work more than: |
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(1) eight hours in one day; [or] |
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(2) 48 hours in one week; or |
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(3) five days in one week. |
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(a-1) A person commits an offense if the person permits a |
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child who is 16 years of age and who is employed by the person to |
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work more than: |
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(1) 10 hours in one day; |
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(2) 54 hours in one week; or |
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(3) six days in one week. |
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(b) A person commits an offense if the person permits a |
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child who is 14 or 15 years of age, is employed by the person, and is |
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enrolled in a term of a public or private school to work: |
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(1) between the hours of 7 [10] p.m. and 6 [5] a.m. on a |
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day that is followed by a school day; or |
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(2) between the hours of 11 p.m. [midnight] and 6 [5] |
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a.m. on a day that is not followed by a school day. |
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(b-1) A person commits an offense if the person permits a |
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child who is 16 years of age, is employed by the person, and is |
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enrolled in a term of a public or private school to work between the |
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hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. on a day that is followed by a school |
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day. |
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(c) A person commits an offense if the person permits a |
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child who is 14 or 15 years of age, is employed by the person, and is |
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not enrolled in summer school to work between the hours of 11 p.m. |
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[midnight] and 6 [5] a.m. on any day during the time that school is |
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recessed for the summer. |
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(e) This section does not apply if: |
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(1) the child is a member of the person's family or |
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household, as those terms are defined by Chapter 71, Family Code; |
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and |
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(2) the person employs not more than 50 employees, |
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including the child. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |