| 1 | 1 | | SECONDREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.1998 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 102NDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEMANN. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3684H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsection294.011,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofthreenewsectionsrelatingto |
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| 8 | 8 | | childlabor,withadelayedeffectivedate. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Section294.011,RSMo,isrepealedandthreenewsectionsenactedinlieu |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2thereof,tobeknownassections294.011,294.035,and294.036,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 294.011.Asusedinthischapter,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2 (1)"Child",anindividualundersixteenyearsofage,unlessotherwisespecified; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3 (2)"Commission",thelaborandindustrialrelationscommission; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4 (3)"Department",thedepartmentoflaborandindustrialrelations; |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 (4)"Departmentdirector",thedirectorofthedepartmentoflaborandindustrial |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6relations; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 (5)"Director",thedirectorofthedivisionoflaborstandards; |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8 (6)"Division",thedivisionoflaborstandards; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 (7)"Employ",engageachildingainfulemploymentforwagesorotherremuneration. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10Thetermemployshallnotincludeanychildworkingunderthedirectcontrolofthechild's |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11parentandshallnotincludethefollowingserviceswhichmaybeperformedbyanychildover |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12theageoftwelve: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13 (a)Thedeliveryorsalesofnewspapers; |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 (b)Childcare; |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15 (c)Occasionalyardorfarmwork,includingagricultureworkasdefinedin |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16subdivision(1)ofsection290.500,performedbyachildwiththeknowledgeandconsentof |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17thechild'sparent.Achildmayoperatelawnandgardenmachineryasspecifiedinsubsection |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18(1)ofsection294.040,providedthat,nochildshallbepermittedtoengageinanyactivities |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19prohibitedbysection294.040; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 (d)Participatinginayouthsportingeventasareferee,coachorotherposition |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21necessarytothesportingevent;exceptthat,thisparagraphshallnotincludeworkingata |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22concessionstand.Forpurposesofthisparagraph,"youthsportingevent"meansanevent |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23whereallplayersareundertheageofeighteenandtheeventissponsoredandsupervisedbya |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24publicbodyoranot-for-profitentity; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25 (8)"Family",agroupofpersonsrelatedbybloodormarriage,includingcivil |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26partnerships,orwhosecloserelationshipwitheachotherisconsideredequivalenttoa |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27familyrelationshipbytheindividuals; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28 (9)"Onlineplatform",anypublic-facingwebsite,webapplication,ordigital |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29application,includingamobileapplication."Onlineplatform"includesasocial |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30network,advertisingnetwork,mobileoperatingsystem,searchengine,emailservice,or |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31internetaccessservice; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32 (10)"Parent",achild'sparent,legalcustodianorguardian; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33 (11)"Vlog",contentsharedonanonlineplatforminexchangefor |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34compensation; |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35 (12)"Vlogger",anindividualorfamilythatcreatesvideocontentperformedin |
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| 48 | 48 | | 36Missouriinexchangeforcompensationandincludesanyproprietorship,partnership, |
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| 49 | 49 | | 37company,orothercorporateentityassumingthenameoridentityofaparticular |
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| 50 | 50 | | 38individualorfamilyforthepurposesofthatcontentcreation."Vlogger"doesnot |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39includeanypersonundersixteenyearsofagewhoproduceshisorherownvlogs. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 294.035.1.Achildundersixteenyearsofageisconsideredengagedinthework |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2ofvloggingwhenthefollowingcriteriaaremetatanytimeduringtheprevioustwelve- |
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| 54 | 54 | | 3monthperiod: |
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| 55 | 55 | | 4 (1)Atleastthirtypercentofthevlogger'scompensatedvideocontentproduced |
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| 56 | 56 | | 5withinathirty-dayperiodincludedthelikeness,name,orphotographofthechild. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 6Contentpercentageismeasuredbythepercentageoftimethelikeness,name,or |
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| 58 | 58 | | 7photographofthechildvisuallyappearsoristhesubjectofanoralnarrativeinavideo |
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| 59 | 59 | | 8segment,ascomparedtothetotallengthofthesegment;and |
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| 60 | 60 | | 9 (2)Thenumberofviewsreceivedpervideosegmentonanyonlineplatformmet |
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| 61 | 61 | | 10theonlineplatform'sthresholdforthegenerationofcompensationorthevlogger |
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| 62 | 62 | | 11receivedactualcompensationforvideocontentequaltoorgreaterthantencentsper |
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| 63 | 63 | | 12view. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 13 2.Uponreachingtheageofmajority,anyindividualwhowasachildengagedin |
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| 65 | 65 | | 14theworkofvloggingasdescribedinsubsection1mayrequestthepermanentdeletionof |
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| 66 | 66 | | 15anyvideosegmentorcontentincludingthelikeness,name,orphotographofthe |
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| 67 | 67 | | HB1998 2 16individualfromanyonlineplatformthatprovidedcompensationtoavloggerin |
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| 68 | 68 | | 17exchangeforvideocontentthatfeaturedthechildengagedintheworkofvlogging.An |
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| 69 | 69 | | 18onlineplatformshalltakeallreasonablestepstopermanentlydeletethevideosegment |
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| 70 | 70 | | 19orcontentafteritreceivestherequestfromanindividualdescribedinthissubsection. |
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| 71 | 71 | | 20 3.Withtheexceptionofsections294.011and294.036,theprovisionsofthis |
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| 72 | 72 | | 21chapterdonotapplytoaminorengagedintheworkofvlogging. |
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| 73 | 73 | | 22 4.Allvloggerswhosecontentfeaturesachildundersixteenyearsofageengaged |
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| 74 | 74 | | 23intheworkofvloggingshallmaintainthefollowingrecordsandshallprovidethemto |
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| 75 | 75 | | 24thechildonanongoingbasis: |
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| 76 | 76 | | 25 (1)Thenameanddocumentaryproofoftheageofthechildengagedinthework |
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| 77 | 77 | | 26ofvlogging; |
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| 78 | 78 | | 27 (2)Thenumberofvlogsthatgeneratedcompensationasdescribedinsubsection |
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| 79 | 79 | | 281duringthereportingperiod; |
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| 80 | 80 | | 29 (3)Thetotalnumberofminutesofthevlogsthatthevloggerreceived |
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| 81 | 81 | | 30compensationforduringthereportingperiod; |
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| 82 | 82 | | 31 (4)Thetotalnumberofminuteseachchildwasfeaturedinvlogsduringthe |
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| 83 | 83 | | 32reportingperiod; |
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| 84 | 84 | | 33 (5)Thetotalcompensationgeneratedfromvlogsfeaturingachildduringthe |
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| 85 | 85 | | 34reportingperiod;and |
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| 86 | 86 | | 35 (6)Theamountdepositedintothetrustaccountforthebenefitofthechild |
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| 87 | 87 | | 36engagedintheworkingofvlogging,asrequiredbysection294.036. |
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| 88 | 88 | | 37 5.Ifavloggerwhosevlogcontentfeaturesachildundersixteenyearsofage |
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| 89 | 89 | | 38engagedintheworkofvloggingfailstomaintaintherecordsasprovidedunder |
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| 90 | 90 | | 39subsection4,thechildmaycommenceacivilactiontoenforcetheprovisionsofthis |
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| 91 | 91 | | 40section. |
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| 92 | 92 | | 294.036.1.Achildsatisfyingthecriteriadescribedinsubsection1ofsection |
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| 93 | 93 | | 2294.035shallbecompensatedbythevlogger.Thevloggershallsetasidegrossearnings |
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| 94 | 94 | | 3onthevideocontent,includingthelikeness,name,orphotographofthechildinatrust |
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| 95 | 95 | | 4accounttobepreservedforthebenefitofthechilduponreachingtheageofmajority, |
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| 96 | 96 | | 5accordingtothefollowingdistribution: |
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| 97 | 97 | | 6 (1)Whereonlyonechildmeetsthecontentthresholddescribedundersection |
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| 98 | 98 | | 7294.035,thepercentageoftotalgrossearningsonanyvideosegment,includingthe |
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| 99 | 99 | | 8likeness,name,orphotographofthechildthatisequaltoorgreaterthanhalfofthe |
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| 100 | 100 | | 9contentpercentagethatincludesthechildasdescribedunder294.035;or |
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| 101 | 101 | | 10 (2)Wheremorethanonechildmeetsthecontentthresholddescribedinsection |
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| 102 | 102 | | 11294.035andavideosegmentincludesmorethanoneofthosechildren,thepercentage |
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| 103 | 103 | | 12describedinsubdivision(1)forallchildreninanysegmentshallbeequallydivided |
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| 104 | 104 | | HB1998 3 13betweenthechildren,regardlessofdifferencesinpercentageofcontentprovidedbythe |
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| 105 | 105 | | 14individualchildren. |
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| 106 | 106 | | 15 2.Atrustaccountrequiredunderthissectionshallprovide,ataminimum,the |
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| 107 | 107 | | 16following: |
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| 108 | 108 | | 17 (1)Thatthefundsintheaccountshallbeavailableonlytothechildengagedin |
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| 109 | 109 | | 18theworkofvlogging; |
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| 110 | 110 | | 19 (2)(a)Thattheaccountshallbeheldbyabankortrustcompany,assuchterms |
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| 111 | 111 | | 20aredefinedundersection362.332;oracorporatefiduciary,assuchtermisdefined |
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| 112 | 112 | | 21underthissubdivision; |
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| 113 | 113 | | 22 (b)A"corporatefiduciary"isdefinedasatrustcompany;thetrustdepartment |
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| 114 | 114 | | 23ofabank,savingsbank,savingsandloanassociation,orforeignbankingcorporation |
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| 115 | 115 | | 24authorizedtoconductbusinessunderMissourilaws;oranypersonthatisrequiredto |
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| 116 | 116 | | 25andhasreceivedacertificateofauthorityunderchapter362authorizingtheexerciseof |
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| 117 | 117 | | 26trustpowers.Theterm"corporatefiduciary"alsoincludesanationalbankorfederally |
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| 118 | 118 | | 27charteredsavingsandloanassociationorsavingsbankwhichisauthorizedbythe |
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| 119 | 119 | | 28appropriatefederalagencytoacceptandexecutetrustsandwhichhasitsprincipal |
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| 120 | 120 | | 29placeofbusinessinthisstate,wheneversuchconstructionisnecessarysothatthe |
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| 121 | 121 | | 30nationalbankorfederallycharteredsavingsandloanassociationorsavingsbankmay |
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| 122 | 122 | | 31enjoyandexerciseinthisStateallofthepowers,rightsandprivilegesauthorizedor |
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| 123 | 123 | | 32permittedtoacorporatefiduciary; |
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| 124 | 124 | | 33 (3)Thatthefundsintheaccountshallbecomeavailabletothechildengagedin |
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| 125 | 125 | | 34theworkofvlogginguponthechildattainingeighteenyearsofageoruntilthechildis |
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| 126 | 126 | | 35declaredemancipated;and |
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| 127 | 127 | | 36 (4)ThattheaccountmeetstherequirementsoftheMissouritransferstominors |
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| 128 | 128 | | 37lawundersections404.005to404.094. |
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| 129 | 129 | | 38 3.Ifavloggerknowinglyorrecklesslyviolatesthissection,achildsatisfyingthe |
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| 130 | 130 | | 39criteriadescribedinsubsection1ofsection294.035maycommenceanactiontoenforce |
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| 131 | 131 | | 40theprovisionsofthissectionregardingthetrustaccount.Thecourtmayaward,toa |
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| 132 | 132 | | 41childwhoprevailsinanyactionbroughtinaccordancewiththissection,thefollowing |
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| 133 | 133 | | 42damages: |
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| 134 | 134 | | 43 (1)Actualdamages; |
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| 135 | 135 | | 44 (2)Punitivedamages;and |
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| 136 | 136 | | 45 (3)Thecostsoftheaction,includingattorney'sfeesandlitigationcosts. |
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| 137 | 137 | | 46 4.Thissectiondoesnotaffectarightorremedyavailableunderanyotherlawof |
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| 138 | 138 | | 47thestate. |
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| 139 | 139 | | 48 5.Nothinginthissectionshallbeinterpretedtohaveanyeffectonapartythatis |
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| 140 | 140 | | 49neitherthevloggernorthechildengagedintheworkofvlogging. |
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| 141 | 141 | | HB1998 4 SectionB.Therepealandreenactmentofsection294.011andenactmentofsections |
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| 142 | 142 | | 2294.035and294.036ofthisactshallbecomeeffectiveonJanuary1,2025. |
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| 143 | 143 | | âś” |
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| 144 | 144 | | HB1998 5 |
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