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Public Act 92-0592

HB5996 Enrolled                               LRB9215375WHcsC

    AN ACT concerning employment.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The  Child  Labor  Law  is amended by adding
Section 2.5 and by changing Section 3 as follows:

    (820 ILCS 205/2.5 new)
    Sec. 2.5.  Officiating youth activities.  Nothing in this
Act prohibits a minor who is 12  or  13  years  of  age  from
officiating  youth  sports  activities  for  a not-for-profit
youth club, park district, or municipal parks and  recreation
department if each of the following restrictions is met:
         (1)  The  parent  or  guardian  of  the minor who is
    officiating shall be responsible for being present at the
    youth sports activity while  the  minor  is  officiating.
    Failure  of  the  parent  or  guardian  to be present may
    result in the revocation of the employment certificate.
         (2)  The  employer  must  obtain  certification   as
    provided for in Section 9 of this Act.
         (3)  The  minor  may work as a sports official for a
    maximum of 3 hours per day on school days and  a  maximum
    of  4 hours per day on non-school days, may not exceed 10
    hours of officiating in any week, and may not work  later
    than 9 p.m.
         (4)  The  participants  in the youth sports activity
    must be at least 3 years  younger  than  the  officiating
    minor,  or  an  adult  must be officiating the same youth
    sports activity.  For the purposes  of  this  subdivision
    (4),  "adult"  means  an  individual  16  years of age or
    older.

    (820 ILCS 205/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 31.3)
    Sec. 3.  Except as hereinafter provided, no  minor  under
16  years  of age shall be employed, permitted, or allowed to
work in any gainful occupation mentioned in Section 1 of this
Act for  more than 6 consecutive days in  any  one  week,  or
more  than  48 hours in any one week, or more than 8 hours in
any one day, or be so employed, permitted or allowed to  work
between  7  p.m.  and  7  a.m. from Labor Day until June 1 or
between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. from June 1 until Labor Day.
    The hours of work of minors under the  age  of  16  years
employed  outside of school hours shall not exceed 3 a day on
days when school is in session, nor shall the combined  hours
of  work  outside  and  in  school exceed a total of 8 a day;
except that a minor  under  the  age  of  16  may  work  both
Saturday and Sunday for not more than 8 hours each day if the
following  conditions  are  met:  (1) the minor does not work
outside school more than 6 consecutive days in any one  week,
and  (2)  the  number  of  hours  worked by the minor outside
school in any week does not exceed 24.
    A minor 14 or more years of age  who  is  employed  in  a
recreational  or  educational  activity  by  a park district,
not-for-profit youth club, or municipal parks and  recreation
department  while school is in session may work up to 3 hours
per school day twice a week no  later  than  9  p.m.  if  the
number  of  hours  worked  by the minor outside school in any
week does not exceed 24 or between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.  during
that  school  district's  summer  vacation,  or if the school
district operates on a 12  month  basis,  the  period  during
which school is not in session for the minor.
(Source: P.A. 90-410, eff. 1-1-98.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.





    Passed in the General Assembly June 01, 2002.
    Approved June 27, 2002.
    Effective June 27, 2002.

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