HBA-MPM, CBW H.B. 81 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 81
By: Gallego
              State Affairs
2/6/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, there are millions of child laborers in the world who work to
produce consumer goods such as clothing, shoes, and athletic equipment.
House Bill 81 requires labels to be affixed to consumer goods that are made
using child labor. 

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. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 81 amends the Business and Commerce Code to prohibit a person
from selling a consumer good produced through the use of child labor unless
the good is conspicuously and legibly marked to indicate that child labor
was used to produce it.  A person who violates this prohibition commits a
Class A misdemeanor. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.