Bill Text: MI HB5979 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Labor; other; age of employment for adult performers; establish. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-10 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/09/2018 [HB5979 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5979-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5979

 

 

May 9, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Hughes, Love, Garrett and Clemente and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to prohibit certain employers from employing certain

 

individuals as adult performers; and to provide certain remedies

 

and penalties.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "adult

 

performer minimum age act".

 

     Sec. 3. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Adult performer" means an individual who disrobes or

 

performs in an unclothed state for entertainment at an

 

establishment that holds a topless activity permit under section

 

916(3) of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL

 

436.1916, or any other establishment that provides adult-oriented

 

entertainment.

 

     (b) "Employ" means to engage or permit to work.

     (c) "Employer" means a person that employs 1 or more

 

individuals.

 

     Sec. 5. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), an employer

 

shall not employ an individual who is less than 21 years of age as

 

an adult performer.

 

     (2) This act does not apply to employment described in

 

subsection (1) if the individual who is less than 21 years of age

 

was employed as an adult performer before the effective date of

 

this act.

 

     Sec. 7. An employer that violates this act is guilty of a

 

misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or

 

a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both. An employer that

 

violates this act for a second or subsequent time is guilty of a

 

misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days

 

and a fine of not more than $10,000.00. Each violation is a

 

separate offense.

 

     Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the

 

date it is enacted into law.