HOUSE BILL No. 5174

 

September 13, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Hoogendyk, Gosselin, Shaffer, Pastor, Vander Veen, Zelenko, Sheen, Jones, Palmer, Baxter, Casperson, Emmons and Pearce and referred to the Committee on Employment Relations, Training, and Safety.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 90, entitled

 

"Youth employment standards act,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 409.102), as amended by 1996 PA 438, and

 

by adding section 14b.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Employ" means engage, permit, or allow to work.

 

     (b) "Employer" means a person, firm, or corporation that

 

employs a minor, and includes the state or a political subdivision

 

of the state, an agency or instrumentality of the state, and an

 

agent of an employer.

 

     (c) "Issuing officer" means the chief administrator of a

 

school district, intermediate school district, public school

 

academy, or nonpublic school, or a person authorized by that chief

 


administrator in writing to act on his or her behalf.

 

     (d)  "Minor"  Except as provided in section 14b, "minor" means

 

a person  under  less than 18 years of age.

 

     (e) "Rule" means a rule promulgated  pursuant to  under the

 

administrative procedures act of 1969,  Act No. 306 of the Public

 

Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan

 

Compiled Laws  1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

 

     Sec. 14b.  A minor shall not be employed in any capacity at an

 

establishment that features completely nude live entertainment or

 

topless female entertainers or employees. For purposes of this

 

section, "minor" means a person less than 21 years of age.