Chief Patron: Lopez
Child Labor Regulation and Prevention

Item 113 #1h

Language
Page 109, line 24, strike "$10,604,222" and insert "$10,705,170".
Page 109, line 25, strike "$12,033,222" and insert "$12,134,170".

Explanation

(This amendment increases funding by $100,948 from the general fund the first year and $100,948 from the general fund the second year and one FTE at the Department of Labor and Industry but is contingent upon passage of House Bill 2393, which prohibits any person from employing a child under the age of 18 to work in direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves unless (i) the owner of the farm or other location at which such work is conducted is the child's parent, grandparent, or legal guardian or (ii) the child's parent or legal guardian has consented in writing to such employment.)