Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 117

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 192

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 5, TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD LABOR.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section I. Amend §531, Chapter 5, Title 19 of the Delaware Code by striking Subsection (5) of said Section in its entirety and inserting therein the following:

"(5) Violates any of this chapter shall, for the first offense, be fined not less than $200 nor more than $500; for a second offense be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both. Whoever willfully violates this chapter will be fined $2,000 or imprisoned not more than 60 days, or both. A third offense shall be prima facie evidence of a willful violation. All fines collected under this section shall be paid into the State Treasury."

Section 2. Amend §531, Chapter 5, Title 19 of the Delaware Code by adding a new Subsection to read as follows:

"(6) The Department shall administer and enforce this chapter."

Approved July 8, 1987.