Bill Text: VA SB258 | 2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Persons permitted to work in mines; age requirements, no person under 18 yrs. of age.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0804) [SB258 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-SB258-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §45.1-161.292:5 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§45.1-161.292:5. Persons permitted to work in mines; age requirements.
A. No person under eighteen years of age shall be permitted to
work in or around any mine, and in all cases of doubt, the operator,
agent or mine foreman shall obtain a birth certificate or other documentary
evidence, from the Registrar of Vital Statistics, or other authentic sources as
to the age of such person. The Department shall conform to the federal Fair
Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §212, and federal regulations adopted pursuant
to that Act with respect to persons under 18 years of age working around any
mine.
B. No operator, agent or mine foreman shall make a false statement as to the age of any person under eighteen years of age applying for work in or around any mine.