PRINTER'S NO. 1189
No. 1064 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY MASLAND, HENNESSEY, SATHER, WAUGH, FARGO, NAILOR,
MILLER, LYNCH, L. I. COHEN, E. Z. TAYLOR, HALUSKA, BAKER,
CURRY, RUBLEY, ITKIN, TRELLO, B. SMITH, McNAUGHTON, EGOLF,
VANCE, FEESE, SCHRODER, BENNINGHOFF, SAYLOR AND COLAFELLA,
MARCH 31, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, MARCH 31, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 13, 1915 (P.L.286, No.177), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act to provide for the health, safety, and
3 welfare of minors: By forbidding their employment or work in
4 certain establishments and occupations, and under certain
5 specified ages; by restricting their hours of labor, and
6 regulating certain conditions of their employment; by
7 requiring employment certificates or transferable work
8 permits for certain minors, and prescribing the kinds
9 thereof, and the rules for the issuance, reissuance, filing,
10 return, and recording of the same; by providing that the
11 Industrial Board shall, under certain conditions, determine
12 and declare whether certain occupations are within the
13 prohibitions of this act; requiring certain abstracts and
14 notices to be posted; providing for the enforcement of this
15 act by the Secretary of Labor and Industry, the
16 representative of school districts, and police officers; and
17 defining the procedure in prosecutions thereunder, and
18 establishing certain presumptions in relation thereto;
19 providing for the issuance of special permits for minors
20 engaging in the entertainment and related fields; providing
21 penalties for the violation of the provisions thereof; and
22 repealing all acts or parts of acts inconsistent therewith,"
23 further providing for entertainment, rehearsals, permits,
24 applications and appeals, and abrogating a regulation.
25 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
26 hereby enacts as follows:
27 Section 1. Section 7.1 of the act of May 13, 1915 (P.L.286,
1 No.177), known as the Child Labor Law, amended December 21, 1988
2 (P.L.1908, No.192), is amended by adding a subsection to read:
3 Section 7.1. * * *
4 (a.2) A minor who performs without remuneration under
5 subsection (a) or (a.1) shall not be deemed employed.
6 Section 2. The definition of the term "employment" found in
7 34 Pa. Code § 11.1 (relating to definitions) is hereby
8 abrogated.
9 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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