HB-4786, As Passed Senate, December 16, 2003                                

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4786

                                                                             A bill to amend 1978 PA 90, entitled                                              

"Youth employment standards act,"                                           

by amending section 19 (MCL 409.119).                                       

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 19.  (1) This act shall not apply to or prohibit a                     

2   minor from engaging in any of the following activities:                     

3       (a) Domestic work or chores in connection with a private                    

4   residences residence.                                                     

5       (b) Soliciting, distributing, selling, or offering for sale                 

6   newspapers, magazines, periodicals, political, or advertising               

7   matter.                                                                     

8       (c) Shoe shining.                                                           

9       (d) Services performed as  members a member of a recognized                

10  youth oriented  organizations organization that  are is engaged           

11  in citizenship training and character building, if the services             

1   are not intended to replace employees in occupations for which              

2   workers are ordinarily paid.                                                

3       (e) Employment in a business owned and operated by the parent               

4   or guardian of the minor.  For the purposes of this subdivision,            

5   a business  shall be is considered to be owned by the parent or            

6   guardian of the minor if the parent or guardian is either the               

7   sole owner, partner, or stockholder in the business and  shall              

8   be a business is considered to be operated by the parent or                

9   guardian of the minor if he or she devotes substantially all of             

10  his or her working hours to the operation of the business.                  

11      (f) Farm work if the employment is not in violation of a                    

12  standard established by the department of labor and economic                

13  growth.  Farm work means the work activity designated in  major             

14  groups 01 and 02 of the standard industrial classification                  

15  manual, United States bureau of the budget, 1972 edition sector            

16  11 - agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting, of the North              

17  American industry classification system - United States, 1997,              

18  published by the office of management and budget.  Farm work                

19  includes any practices performed on a farm as an incident to or             

20  in conjunction with  such  farming operations, including                    

21  preparation for market and delivery to storage,  or  market, or             

22  to  carriers for  transportation transport to market.                     

23      (g) Employment by a school, academy, or college in which the                

24  student  minor  14 years of age or older  is enrolled if the               

25  minor is 14 years old or older.                                             

26  (h) Nonhazardous construction work or operations performed as               

27  an unpaid volunteer, if the construction work or operations are             

1   performed under adult supervision for a charitable housing                  

2   organization.  As used in this subdivision:                                 

3                                                                                (i) "Charitable housing organization" means a nonprofit                             

4   charitable organization the primary purpose of which is the                 

5   construction or renovation of residential housing for low-income            

6   individuals.                                                                

7       (ii) "Family income" and "statewide median gross income" mean                

8   those terms as defined in section 11 of the state housing                   

9   development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1411.               

10      (iii) "Low-income person" means a person with a family income                

11  of not more than 60% of the statewide median gross income.                  

12      (iv) "Nonhazardous construction work or operations" means                    

13  construction work or operations that are performed at a                     

14  construction site of a new or renovated single family home and do           

15  not involve the use of power tools, woodworking machinery, or               

16  hazardous substances or other activities that would constitute a            

17  great risk of serious injury.  Activities that would constitute a           

18  great risk of serious injury include, but are not limited to, all           

19  of the following:                                                           

20      (A) Excavation.                                                             

21      (B) Highway, bridge, or street construction.                                

22      (C) Wrecking.                                                               

23      (D) Demolition.                                                             

24      (E) New commercial or new multiple residential construction.

25      (2) If a minor is required by law to attend school, the work                

26  may only be performed outside of school hours, unless the minor             

27  is enrolled and employed under a work-related educational                   

1   program.