A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to protect children from injury and death at agricultural establishments and to preserve the traditional role of employment on the family farm.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 95‑25.5 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(o)	Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, no youth under 14 years of age may be employed in agriculture, unless the youth is employed by the youth's parent (including stepparent), guardian, grandparent, sibling, aunt, uncle, or a person standing in loco parentis, on a farm owned or operated by that relative or person. Further, the written permission of a parent or guardian is required if the youth is working on a farm owned or operated by any relative other than the youth's parent."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 95‑25.14(a)(2) reads as rewritten:
"(2)	Any person employed in agriculture, as defined under the Fair Labor Standards Act, including, but not limited to, a person employed by the person's parent (including stepparent), guardian, grandparent, sibling, aunt, uncle, or a person standing in loco parentis on a farm owned or operated by that relative or person. This exception applies only (i) to a person 14 years of age or older and (ii) to a youth under 14 years of age employed on a farm owned or operated by the youth's parent, guardian, grandparent, sibling, aunt, uncle, or person standing in loco parentis; provided, that the written permission of a parent or guardian is required if the youth is working on a farm owned or operated by any relative other than the youth's parent;"
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.