Full Text of HB1918 101st General Assembly
HB1918ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Grant Wehrli Filed: 4/9/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1918
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1918 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Child Labor Law is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 8 as follows:
| 6 | | (820 ILCS 205/8) (from Ch. 48, par. 31.8)
| 7 | | Sec. 8. Authority to issue employment certificates. | 8 | | (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, the City or | 9 | | County
Superintendent of Schools, or their duly authorized | 10 | | agents, are authorized
to issue an employment certificate for | 11 | | any minor under sixteen (16) years
of age, said certificate | 12 | | authorizing and permitting the appearance of such
minor in a | 13 | | play or musical comedy with a professional traveling theatrical
| 14 | | production on the stage of a duly licensed theatre wherein not | 15 | | more than
two performances are given in any one day and not | 16 | | more than eight
performances are given in any one week, or nine |
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| 1 | | when a holiday occurs
during the week, or in a musical recital | 2 | | or concert: Provided, that such
minor is accompanied by his | 3 | | parent or guardian or by a person in whose care
the parent or | 4 | | guardian has placed the minor and whose connection with the
| 5 | | performance or with the operation of the theatre in which the | 6 | | minor is to
appear is limited to the care of such minor or of | 7 | | minors appearing therein:
And provided further, that such minor | 8 | | shall not appear on said stage or in
a musical recital or | 9 | | concert, attend rehearsals, or be present in
connection with | 10 | | such appearance or rehearsals, in the theatre where the
play or | 11 | | musical comedy is produced or in the place where the concert or
| 12 | | recital is given, for more than a total of six (6) hours in any | 13 | | one day, or
on more than six (6) days in any one week, or for | 14 | | more than a total of
twenty-four (24) hours in any one week, or | 15 | | after the hour of 11
postmeridian; and provided further, no | 16 | | such minor shall be excused from
attending school except as | 17 | | authorized pursuant to Section 26-1 of the
School Code. | 18 | | Application for such certificate shall be made by the
manager | 19 | | of the theatre, or by the person in the district responsible | 20 | | for
the musical recital or concert, and by the parent or | 21 | | guardian of such minor
to the City or County Superintendent of | 22 | | Schools or his authorized agent at
least fourteen (14) days in | 23 | | advance of such appearance. The City or County
Superintendent | 24 | | of Schools or his agent may issue a permit if satisfied that
| 25 | | adequate provision has been made for the educational | 26 | | instruction of such
minor, for safeguarding his health and for |
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| 1 | | the proper moral supervision of
such minor, and that proper | 2 | | rest and dressing room facilities are provided
in the theatre | 3 | | for such minor.
| 4 | | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, the City or | 5 | | Regional
Superintendent of Schools, or their duly authorized | 6 | | agents, are authorized
to issue an employment certificate for | 7 | | any minor under 16 years of age,
such certificate authorizing | 8 | | and permitting the appearance of such minor as
a model or in a | 9 | | motion picture, radio or television production: Provided,
that | 10 | | no such minor shall be excused from attending school except as
| 11 | | authorized pursuant to Section 26-1 of The School Code. The | 12 | | Department of
Labor shall promulgate rules and regulations to | 13 | | carry out the provisions of
this subsection. Such rules and | 14 | | regulations shall be designed to protect
the health and welfare | 15 | | of child models or actors and to insure that the
conditions | 16 | | under which minors are employed, used or exhibited will not
| 17 | | impair their health, welfare, development or proper education.
| 18 | | (c) In situations where a minor from another state seeks to | 19 | | obtain an Illinois employment certificate, the Department | 20 | | shall work with a City or Regional Superintendent of Schools, | 21 | | or the State Superintendent of Education, or his or her duly | 22 | | authorized agents, to issue the certificate. The | 23 | | Superintendent may waive the requirement in Section 12 of this | 24 | | Act that a minor submit his or her application in person, if | 25 | | the minor resides in another state. | 26 | | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a |
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| 1 | | parent of a home-schooled student under the age of 16 shall be | 2 | | authorized to issue an employment certificate for his or her | 3 | | child for any occupation except those occupations enumerated in | 4 | | Section 7. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1247, eff. 7-23-10.)".
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