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820 ILCS 205/8

(820 ILCS 205/8) (from Ch. 48, par. 31.8)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2025)

Sec. 8. Authority to issue employment certificates.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, the Regional or District 
Superintendent of Schools, or their duly authorized agents, are authorized
to issue an employment certificate for any minor under sixteen (16) years
of age, said certificate authorizing and permitting the appearance of such
minor in a play or musical comedy with a professional traveling theatrical
production on the stage of a duly licensed theatre wherein not more than
two performances are given in any one day and not more than eight
performances are given in any one week, or nine when a holiday occurs
during the week, or in a musical recital or concert: Provided, that such
minor is accompanied by his parent or guardian or by a person in whose care
the parent or guardian has placed the minor and whose connection with the
performance or with the operation of the theatre in which the minor is to
appear is limited to the care of such minor or of minors appearing therein:
And provided further, that such minor shall not appear on said stage or in
a musical recital or concert, attend rehearsals, or be present in
connection with such appearance or rehearsals, in the theatre where the
play or musical comedy is produced or in the place where the concert or
recital is given, for more than a total of six (6) hours in any one day, or
on more than six (6) days in any one week, or for more than a total of
twenty-four (24) hours in any one week, or after the hour of 11
postmeridian; and provided further, no such minor shall be excused from
attending school except as authorized pursuant to Section 26-1 of the
School Code. Application for such certificate shall be made by the
manager of the theatre, or by the person in the district responsible for
the musical recital or concert, and by the parent or guardian of such minor
to the Regional or District Superintendent of Schools or his authorized agent at
least fourteen (14) days in advance of such appearance. The Regional or District 
Superintendent of Schools or his agent may issue a permit if satisfied that
adequate provision has been made for the educational instruction of such
minor, for safeguarding his health and for the proper moral supervision of
such minor, and that proper rest and dressing room facilities are provided
in the theatre for such minor.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, the Regional
or District Superintendent of Schools, or their duly authorized agents, are authorized
to issue an employment certificate for any minor under 16 years of age,
such certificate authorizing and permitting the appearance of such minor as
a model or in a motion picture, radio or television production:  Provided,
that no such minor shall be excused from attending school except as
authorized pursuant to Section 26-1 of The School Code.  The Department of
Labor shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of
this subsection.  Such rules and regulations shall be designed to protect
the health and welfare of child models or actors and to insure that the
conditions under which minors are employed, used or exhibited will not
impair their health, welfare, development or proper education.

(c)  In situations where a minor from another state seeks to obtain an Illinois employment certificate, the Department shall work with a Regional or District Superintendent of Schools, or the State Superintendent of Education, or his or her duly authorized agents, to issue the certificate.

(Source: P.A. 102-32, eff. 6-25-21. Repealed by P.A. 103-721, eff. 1-1-25.)