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	4	+	HVM7668-1
5	5		By Representative DuBose
6	6		RFD: Children and Senior Advocacy
7	7		First Read: 06-Feb-24
8	8		PFD: 05-Feb-24
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	14	+	6 HVM7668-1 1/16/2024 ANS (L)ma 2023-3368
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	17	+	SYNOPSIS:
	18	+	Under existing law, a person 14 or 15 years of
	19	+	age is required to obtain an eligibility to work form
	20	+	to be able to work.
	21	+	This bill would eliminate the eligibility to
	22	+	work form.
17	23		A BILL
18	24		TO BE ENTITLED
19	25		AN ACT
20	26		Relating to child labor; to amend Sections 25-8-32.1
21	27		and 25-8-45, Code of Alabama 1975, to eliminate the
22	28		eligibility to work form; and to repeal Section 25-8-46, Code
23	29		of Alabama 1975, relating to the eligibility to work form.
24	30		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
25	31		Section 1. Sections 25-8-32.1 and 25-8-45, Code of
26	32		Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
27	33		"§25-8-32.1
28	34		For purposes of this chapter, the following words and
29	35		phrases shall have the following meanings:
30	36		(1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Labor.
31	37		(2) ELIGIBILITY TO WORK FORM. A form issued by the head
32	38		administrator, counselor, or, if home schooled an instructor
33		-	of the school which a 14- or 15-year-old minor attends
34		-	certifying satisfactory grades and attendance of the minor in
35		-	order for a 14- or 15-year-old minor to be employed.
36		-	(3)(2) EMPLOY. To employ, permit, or suffer to work
37		-	with or without compensation.
38		-	(4)(3) EMPLOYEE. Any person individual employed by an
39		-	employer, but shall not include an individual engaged in the
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	68	+	administrator, counselor, or, if home schooled an instructor
	69	+	of the school which a 14- or 15-year-old minor attends
	70	+	certifying satisfactory grades and attendance of the minor in
	71	+	order for a 14- or 15-year-old minor to be employed.
	72	+	(3)(2) EMPLOY. To employ, permit, or suffer to work
	73	+	with or without compensation.
	74	+	(4)(3) EMPLOYEE. Any person individual employed by an
69	75		employer, but shall not include an individual engaged in the
70	76		activities of an educational, charitable, religious,
71	77		scientific, historical, literary, or nonprofit organization
72	78		where the employer-employee relationship does not in fact
73	79		exist or where the services rendered are on a voluntary basis.
74	80		(5)(4) EMPLOYER. Any owner or any personindividual,
75	81		entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation,
76	82		government agency, or association of persons acting directly
77	83		as, or in behalf of, or in the interest of any employer in
78	84		relation to employees, including the state and any political
79	85		subdivision thereof.
80	86		(6)(5) SECRETARY. The Secretary of the Department of
81	87		Labor.
82	88		(7)(6) VIOLATION. A failure by an employer, officer,
83	89		agent, or any other person to comply with any applicable
84	90		provision of the child labor law."
85	91		"§25-8-45
86	92		(a) No person under 16 years of age shall engage in any
87	93		occupation mentioned in Section 25-8-39 unless he or she has
88	94		secured and has with him or her an eligibility to work form as
89	95		provided in this chapter.
90	96		(b)(a) No personindividual, entity, franchise,
91		-	corporation, or division of a corporation shall employ,
92		-	permit, or suffer to work any personminor 14 or 15 years of
93		-	age in any occupation, except in agricultural service, unless
94		-	the personindividual, entity, franchise, corporation, or
95		-	division of a corporation procures and keeps on file for the
96		-	inspection by the officials charged with the enforcement of
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	126	+	(b)(a) No personindividual, entity, franchise,
	127	+	corporation, or division of a corporation shall employ,
	128	+	permit, or suffer to work any personminor 14 or 15 years of
	129	+	age in any occupation, except in agricultural service, unless
	130	+	the personindividual, entity, franchise, corporation, or
	131	+	division of a corporation procures and keeps on file for the
	132	+	inspection by the officials charged with the enforcement of
127	133		this chapter, an eligibility to work form for every person 14
128	134		or 15 years of age and a complete list of those
129	135		personsindividuals 14 or 15 years of age employed therein with
130	136		the employer.
131	137		(c)(b) Any personindividual, entity, franchise,
132	138		corporation, or division of a corporation that wishes to
133	139		employ, permit, or suffer to work any minor 14 or 15 years of
134	140		age in any occupation, except in agricultural service, shall
135	141		obtain a Class I Child Labor Certificate from the department
136	142		for each location where a personan individual, entity,
137	143		franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation wishes to
138	144		employ a minor 14 or 15 years of age. SuchThe employment shall
139	145		be in accordance with all other sections of this chapter.
140	146		(d)(c) The certificate shall allow the employment of
141	147		minors 14 or 15 years of age to work only outside of school
142	148		hours or during vacation periods and only in occupations not
143	149		prohibited by this chapter for personsindividuals of these
144	150		ages.
145		-	(c)(d) The employment of a minor 14 or 15 years of age
	151	+	(e)(d) The employment of a minor 14 or 15 years of age
146	152		shall be revoked or suspended by the department if the minor's
147	153		regular school attendance and performance record is not
148	154		satisfactory to the head administrator , or, if home schooled
149		-	an instructor, of the school which the minor attends. The
150		-	revocation or suspension shall be processed by the department
151		-	upon notification by the school.
152		-	(f)(e) Any personindividual, entity, franchise,
153		-	corporation, or division of a corporation that wishes to
154		-	employ, permit, or suffer to work any minor 16 or 17 years of
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	184	+	satisfactory to the head administrator , or, if home schooled
	185	+	an instructor, of the school which the minor attends. The
	186	+	revocation or suspension shall be processed by the department
	187	+	upon notification by the school.
	188	+	(f)(e) Any personindividual, entity, franchise,
	189	+	corporation, or division of a corporation that wishes to
	190	+	employ, permit, or suffer to work any minor 16 or 17 years of
185	191		age in any occupation, except in agricultural service, shall
186	192		obtain a Class II Child Labor Certificate from the department
187	193		for each location where a personan individual, entity,
188	194		franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation wishes to
189	195		employ a minor 16 or 17 years of age. SuchThe employment shall
190	196		be in accordance with all other sections of this chapter.
191	197		(g)(f) The department shall issue Class I and Class II
192	198		Child Labor Certificates to any personindividual, entity,
193	199		franchise, corporation, or division of a corporation that
194	200		applies to the department. The fee for a Class I or Class II
195	201		Child Labor Certificate shall be fifteen dollars ($15). The
196	202		certificates shall be issued annually.
197	203		(h)(g)(1) The application for the child labor
198	204		certificate shall contain all of the following information
199	205		specific to the location of the minor's employment:
200	206		a. The name, address, and telephone number of the
201	207		person, entity, franchise, corporation, or division of a
202	208		corporation that wishes to employ, permit, or suffer to work
203	209		any minor.
204	210		b. The type of business or entity, the federal employer
205	211		identification number, the names of all incorporators, owners,
206	212		members, or partners of the business or entity.
207		-	c. Any other information as required by department
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209		-	(2) The Class I and Class II Child Labor Certificates
210		-	shall contain all of the following information:
211		-	a. The name of the employer.
212		-	b. The type of business the employer maintains.
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	242	+	members, or partners of the business or entity.
	243	+	c. Any other information as required by department
	244	+	regulation.
	245	+	(2) The Class I and Class II Child Labor Certificates
	246	+	shall contain all of the following information:
	247	+	a. The name of the employer.
	248	+	b. The type of business the employer maintains.
243	249		c. Any other information as required by department
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245	251		(3) If a personan individual, entity, franchise,
246	252		corporation, or division of a corporation, employs a minor
247	253		between 14 and 17 years of age without a proper child labor
248	254		certificate, the personindividual, entity, franchise,
249	255		corporation or division of a corporation shall pay a penalty
250	256		of fifty dollars ($50) and then shall obtain a certificate in
251		-	the proper manner.
252		-	(4) The parent, or guardian, of a minor 14 to 15 years
253		-	old employed by an individual, entity, franchise, corporation,
254		-	or division of a corporation shall notify the minor's head
255		-	administrator, counselor, or, if home schooled an instructor
256		-	of the school which the minor attends of the name, address,
257		-	and telephone number of the person, entity, franchise,
258		-	corporation, or division of a corporation employing the
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	257	+	the proper manner."
260	258		Section 2. Section 25-8-46, Code of Alabama 1975,
261	259		relating to the eligibility to work form, is repealed.
262	260		Section 3. This act shall become effective June 1,
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286		-	House of Representatives
287		-	Read for the first time and referred
288		-	to the House of Representatives
289		-	committee on Children and Senior
290		-	Advocacy
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292		-	Read for the second time and placed
293		-	on the calendar:
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296		-	Read for the third time and passed
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