Bill Text: NY S05274 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits certain minors to be employed as a referee, umpire or official at a youth sporting event; limits a minor 12 or 13 years of age to one youth sporting event per week.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S05274 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05274-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5274
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 12, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
       AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to permitting the  employment
         of minors as referees, umpires or officials at youth sporting events
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 2 of the labor law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  subdivision 17 to read as follows:
    3    17.  "YOUTH SPORTING EVENT" MEANS ORGANIZED PARTICIPATION IN A COMPET-
    4  ITIVE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AIMED AT USING, MAINTAINING OR  IMPROVING  PHYS-
    5  ICAL ABILITY AND SKILLS OF MINORS.
    6    S  2.  Subdivision  2  of  section  130 of the labor law is amended by
    7  adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:
    8    I. A MINOR TWELVE OR THIRTEEN YEARS OF AGE AS  A  REFEREE,  UMPIRE  OR
    9  OFFICIAL AT A YOUTH SPORTING EVENT FOR MINORS PREDOMINATELY TEN YEARS OF
   10  AGE  OR  LESS  WHEN  ATTENDANCE  UPON INSTRUCTION IS NOT REQUIRED BY THE
   11  EDUCATION LAW, PROVIDED THE EMPLOYING ORGANIZATION  RECEIVES  AND  MAIN-
   12  TAINS  BOTH  THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE MINOR'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND A
   13  CERTIFICATE WHICH SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE EMPLOYING ORGANIZATION AT THE
   14  END OF EACH MARKING PERIOD BY THE MINOR'S SCHOOL WHICH SHALL ASSERT THAT
   15  SUCH MINOR IS IN SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC STANDING ACCORDING TO THE  STAND-
   16  ARDS  IN SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT. A MINOR ELIGIBLE TO WORK PURSUANT TO THIS
   17  PARAGRAPH SHALL ONLY SERVE AS A REFEREE, UMPIRE OR OFFICIAL AT MOST  ONE
   18  YOUTH SPORTING EVENT PER WEEK.
   19    S  3.  Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 131 of the labor law is
   20  amended by adding a new subparagraph 7 to read as follows:
   21    (7) SERVICE AS A REFEREE, UMPIRE OR OFFICIAL AT A YOUTH SPORTING EVENT
   22  FOR MINORS PREDOMINATELY TWELVE YEARS OF AGE OR LESS.
   23    S 4. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 132 of the labor  law  is
   24  amended by adding a new subparagraph 7 to read as follows:
   25    (7) SERVICE AS A REFEREE, UMPIRE OR OFFICIAL AT A YOUTH SPORTING EVENT
   26  FOR MINORS PREDOMINATELY FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR LESS.
   27    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00072-01-5