HBA-DMD H.B. 3220 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3220
By: Gallego
Business & Industry
4/4/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

The International Labor Organization estimates the world-wide total of
child laborers to be between 100 and 200 million. H.B. 3220 prohibits a
person from selling a consumer good that is produced through the use of
child labor unless the good is marked legibly in a conspicuous place to
indicate to a consumer that child labor was used to produce the good. This
bill establishes a penalty for violation of this provision. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Subchapter D, Chapter 35, Business & Commerce Code, by
adding Section 35.55, as follows: 

Sec. 35.55. LABELING OF CONSUMER GOODS PRODUCED THROUGH USE OF CHILD LABOR.
Defines "child," "consumer good," and "mark." Prohibits a person from
selling a consumer good produced through the use of child labor unless the
good is marked legibly in a conspicuous place to indicate to a consumer
that child labor was used to produce the good. Provides that a person who
violates this section commits a Class A misdemeanor. 

SECTION 2.Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.Emergency clause.