HB 1161 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
06/01
HOUSE BILL 1161
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
This bill reinstates the requirement that all youths under the age of 18 who have not graduated from high school or obtained a general equivalency diploma must have a certificate to work except in certain limited circumstances.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-2071
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to youth employment.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Youth Employment Certificates; Required for Youths Under 18. Amend RSA 276-A:4, II to read as follows:
II.(a) No youth under [16] 18 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work without a certificate except:
[(a)] (1) For his or her parents, grandparents, or guardian;
[(b)] (2) At work defined in this chapter as casual;
[(c)] (3) As farm labor.
(b) Subparagraph (a) shall not apply to a youth 17 years of age who has graduated from high school or obtained a general equivalency diploma.
2 Exception for Youths 16 and Over. Amend RSA 276-A:5, II to read as follows:
II. Certificates shall in all cases include a signature line for the parent or legal guardian of the youth and shall show proof of (1) age and (2) adequate health except that the certificate of a youth 16 years of age or older shall show proof of age only.
3 Repeal. RSA 276-A:4,VIII, relative to keeping a parental consent document on file, is repealed.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2003.