Bill Text: TX HB1987 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirement for parental consent for a minor to join a labor union.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HB1987 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1987-Introduced.html
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By: Parker | H.B. No. 1987 |
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relating to the requirement for parental consent for a minor to join | ||
a labor union. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 101, Labor Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 101.1175 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 101.1175. PARENTAL CONSENT FOR MINORS. (a) In this | ||
section, "minor" means an individual younger than 18 years of age | ||
who has not had the disabilities of minority removed for general | ||
purposes under Chapter 31, Family Code. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Section 101.001, a labor union may not | ||
accept a minor as a member unless the labor union obtains on a form | ||
provided by the Texas Workforce Commission the signed consent of | ||
the minor's parent, managing conservator, or guardian. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2017, the Texas | ||
Workforce Commission shall develop the form required by Section | ||
101.1175, Labor Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 101.1175, Labor Code, as added by this | ||
Act, applies only to a minor who applies to join a labor union on or | ||
after January 1, 2018. A minor who applies to join a labor union | ||
before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the | ||
minor applies to join the labor union, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |