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03 LC 18 2024

House Bill 13
By: Representatives Franklin of the 17th, Joyce of the 2nd, Massey of the 24th and White of the 3rd, Post 2



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Code Section 39-2-11 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment certificates for the employment of minors and requirements for issuance, so as to require the written permission of a parent or guardian; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.
Code Section 39-2-11 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment certificates for the employment of minors and requirements for issuance, is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting in its place a new subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) No employment certificate shall be issued to any minor until he such minor shall have submitted to the issuing officer:
(1) A certified copy of a birth certificate or birth registration card; and
(2) A statement from the prospective employer indicating that if he such employer were furnished with a certificate from the school superintendent as required by law, he such employer could employ the minor immediately and describing the type of employment offered. It shall be understood that the prospective employer, by furnishing such statement, does not undertake to employ the minor for any specific period of time; and
(3) The written permission of the minor´s parent or legal guardian."

SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.