H.P. 1413 - L.D. 1977
An Act to Revise the Hazardous Occupations Provisions of the Child Labor Laws
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §772, as amended by PL 1979, c. 663, §159, is further amended to read:
No A minor under 18 years of age shall may not be employed in, about or in connection with any manufacturing or mechanical establishment, laundry, dry cleaning establishment or bakery in any capacity that the director determines to be hazardous, dangerous to his life or limbs, injurious to morals or where his when the minor's health will would be injured. The director shall adopt rules to develop and maintain a list of occupations not suitable for employment of a minor. The rules must conform as far as practicable to the child labor provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 United States Code, Section 212 and any associated regulations. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A. This section shall does not apply to minors in public and approved private schools wherein where mechanical equipment is installed and operated primarily for purposes of instruction.
Sec. 2. Committee briefing. Before providing notice of or holding a hearing on proposed rules, as required by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II, the Director of the Bureau of Labor Standards shall brief the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over labor matters on the substance of the rules proposed to comply with Title 26, section 772.
Effective June 30, 1998, unless otherwise indicated.
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