Senate Bill No. 400-Senators James, Adler, Augustine, Jacobsen, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O'Donnell, Porter, Raggio, Regan, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Washington and Wiener
May 15, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
SUMMARY--Prohibits sale of goods produced by child labor. (BDR 52-991)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Yes.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to sales at retail; prohibiting the sale in this state of goods produced by children, under certain circumstances; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 Chapter 597 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. A person shall not sell, or offer for sale, at retail in this state goods produced, in this state or elsewhere, by the labor of children under conditions or for wages that violate the laws of this state.
2. Each retailer in this state shall maintain records showing the source of each kind of goods sold or offered for sale and evidence from his supplier that the goods were not produced in a manner making them unlawful for sale.
3. A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 2 This act does not apply to goods purchased by a retailer before October 1, 1997.
Sec. 3 The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.