STATE OF NEW YORK
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8457
IN ASSEMBLY
January 16, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to permitting the employment
of minors as referees, umpires or officials at youth sporting events
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 130 of the labor law is amended by
2 adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:
3 i. A minor twelve or thirteen years of age as a referee, umpire or
4 official at a youth sporting event when attendance upon instruction is
5 not required by the education law.
6 § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 131 of the labor law is
7 amended by adding a new subparagraph 7 to read as follows:
8 (7) Service as a referee, umpire or official at a youth sporting
9 event.
10 § 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 132 of the labor law is
11 amended by adding a new subparagraph 7 to read as follows:
12 (7) Service as a referee, umpire or official at a youth sporting
13 event.
14 § 4. Subdivision 4 of section 142 of the labor law, as amended by
15 chapter 35 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
16 4. This section shall not apply to a newspaper carrier as defined in
17 section thirty-two hundred twenty-eight of the education law whose hours
18 of work are governed by such section, a farm laborer, a child performer
19 whose employment is governed by section 35.01 of the arts and cultural
20 affairs law and article four-A of this chapter, a child model whose
21 employment is governed by section 35.05 of the arts and cultural affairs
22 law, a bridge caddie at a bridge tournament, a referee, umpire or offi-
23 cial at a youth sporting event or a baby sitter as defined in section
24 one hundred thirty-one of this [chapter] article.
25 § 5. Subdivision 4 of section 143 of the labor law, as amended by
26 chapter 35 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
27 4. This section shall not apply to a newspaper carrier as defined in
28 section thirty-two hundred twenty-eight of the education law whose hours
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 of work are governed by such section, a farm laborer, a child performer
2 whose employment is governed by section 35.01 of the arts and cultural
3 affairs law and article four-A of this chapter, a child model whose
4 employment is governed by section 35.05 of the arts and cultural affairs
5 law, a bridge caddie at a bridge tournament, a referee, umpire or offi-
6 cial at a youth sporting event or a baby sitter as defined in section
7 one hundred thirty-one of this [chapter] article or a seventeen year old
8 minor employed as a counselor, junior counselor or counselor-in-training
9 at a camp for children during the months of June, July and August.
10 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
