Bill Text: DE HB300 | 2015-2016 | 148th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: An Act To Amend Chapter 5, Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Permitting Those Under Age 14 To Perform Work For Equine Operations.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-07 - Signed by Governor [HB300 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2015-HB300-Draft.html
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SPONSOR: |
Rep. Heffernan & Rep. Carson & Rep. Wilson & Sen. Sokola |
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Reps. Briggs King, Collins, Gray, Paradee, D. Short, Spiegelman, Sens. Bushweller, Ennis, Hall-Long, Hocker, Pettyjohn |
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 148th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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HOUSE BILL NO. 300 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 5, TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERMITTING THOSE UNDER AGE 14 TO PERFORM WORK FOR EQUINE OPERATIONS. |
Section 1.Amend Title 19, §502 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows and redesignating accordingly:
§502 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following words have the meanings indicated:
(2) "Employ," "employed," or "employment" means to suffer or permit to work, but does not include:
a. Farm work performed on a farm in a nonhazardous occupation;
b. Domestic work performed in or about a private home;
c. Work performed in a business owned by a parent or one legally standing in the place of a parent in a nonhazardous occupation;
d. Work performed by nonpaid volunteers in a charitable or non-profit organization with the written consent of a parent or one legally standing in the place of a parent;
e. Work performed for operations primarily devoted to equine activities with the written consent of a parent or one legally standing in the place of a parent;
f. Caddying on a golf course;
f. g. Delivery of newspapers to the consumer;
g. h. Employment of a graduate
of an accredited school who is employed in a hazardous occupation in which a
course of study has been completed but only to the extent that said hazardous
occupation would otherwise be prohibited;
h. i. Hazardous work performed
by nonpaid volunteers of a volunteer fire department or company or volunteer
rescue squad who have completed or are taking a course of study relating to
firefighting or rescue and who are 14 years of age or older; or
i. j. Any child over the age of
14 years who may be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any nonhazardous
occupation in any facility used for the purpose of canning or preserving, or
preparation for canning or preserving, perishable fruits and vegetables.
With respect to paragraphs (2)h. and
i. and j. of this section, the burden of proving a child's age to be 14
years or over shall be on the employer, who shall be required by the Department
of Labor to present documentary proof of the child's age;
SYNOPSIS
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This Act permits those under 14, with the permission of a parent or one legally standing in the place of a parent, to volunteer or perform work for horse farms and other equine operations, just as those under 14 may do for other types of farms, and thus makes Delaware law consistent with Federal law. |
