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Amend the bill in section 8 in subsection 1 in the 3rd and 4th line (page 4, lines 5 and 6 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "bureausuperintendent" and inserting the following: 'bureau'
Amend the bill in section 8 by striking out all of subsection 3 (page 4, lines 10 to 18 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
‘3. Proof of age.   The superintendent may issuesign a permit only upon receiving and examining satisfactory evidence of the minor's age. Satisfactory evidence consists of a certified copy of the minor's birth certificate or baptismal record, a passport showing the date of birth or other documentary evidence of age satisfactory to the superintendent and approved by the director. The superintendent may require, in doubtful cases, a certificate signed by a physician appointed by the school board, stating that the minor has been examined and, in that physician's opinion, has reached the normal development of a minor of the same age and is in sufficiently sound health and physically able to perform the work the minor intends to do.’
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 9.
Amend the bill in section 10 in subsection 4 in the 2nd line (page 4, line 32 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "by the bureau" and inserting the following: 'by the bureau'
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development, strikes language in the bill giving the superintendent of a school administrative unit the authority to issue work permits to minors and instead retains the current law, which provides the issuing authority to the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards, subject to prior certification and approval from the superintendent of a school administrative unit.