BILL NUMBER: SB 912	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  345
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 25, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 24, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 29, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 1, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Chesbro
   (Coauthor:  Assembly Member Strom-Martin)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to amend Section 1393.5 of the Labor Code, relating to
employment.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 912, Chesbro.  Employment of minors:  agricultural packing
plants.
   Existing law prescribes limits on the hours of employment of
minors, but authorizes the Labor Commissioner to grant an exemption
to employers operating agricultural packing plants for employment of
minors 16 and 17 years of age for up to 10 hours per nonschool day
during peak harvest season.  Under existing law, which will be
repealed on January 1, 2002, that exemption may additionally
authorize employment of a minor who is enrolled in a school in Lake
County to be employed for more than 48, but not more than 60, hours a
week upon prior written approval by the Lake County Board of
Education.
   This bill would extend that repeal date  to January 1, 2005, and
would require the Labor Commissioner, prior to issuing the Lake
County exemption or renewing an exemption, to inspect an affected
agricultural packing plant.  The bill would also require an affected
employer, on or before March 1 of each year, as a condition of
receiving that exemption or a renewal of that exemption, to file a
written report to the Labor Commissioner, as specified. The bill
would additionally require the Labor Commissioner to file a written
report with the Legislature on or before March 1 of each year
describing the general working conditions of minors employed in the
agricultural packing industry during the past year, as specified.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1393.5 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   1393.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article
or Article 2 (commencing with Section 49110) of Chapter 7 of Part 27
of the Education Code, an exemption issued pursuant to Section 1393
may authorize the employment of a minor, who is enrolled in any
public or private school in the County of Lake, for more than 48
hours but not more than 60 hours in any one week, only upon prior
written approval by the Lake County Board of Education.
   (b) Each year, the Labor Commissioner, prior to issuing or
renewing an exemption under this section, shall inspect the affected
agricultural packing plant.
   (c) As a condition of receiving an exemption or a renewal of an
exemption under this section, an affected employer shall, on or
before March 1 of each year, file a written report to the Labor
Commissioner that contains the following employment information
regarding the employer's prior year's payroll:
   (1) The number of minors employed by that employer.
   (2) A list of the age and hours worked on a weekly basis of each
minor employed.
   (d) The Labor Commissioner shall submit a written report to the
Legislature, on or before March 1 of each year, that describes the
general working conditions of minors employed in the agricultural
packing industry during the past year, and that includes all of the
following information:
   (1) The number of minors employed in the agricultural packing
industry.
   (2) The number of exemptions issued, renewed, or denied pursuant
to this section.
   (3) A summary of the inspections conducted by the Labor
Commissioner pursuant to this section.
   (4) The number of workplace injuries that occurred to minors at
agricultural packing plants.
   (5) The number of violations of labor laws and regulations that
occurred at agricultural packing plants.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2005, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2005, deletes or extends
that date.