1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to employment; adding an alternative form for 
  1.3             minor age certification; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.4             1998, section 181A.06, subdivision 1. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 181A.06, 
  1.7   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  Every employer shall require proof of the 
  1.9   age of any minor employee or prospective employee by requiring 
  1.10  the minor to submit an age certificate, a copy of the minor's 
  1.11  birth certificate, or a copy of the minor's driver's license, or 
  1.12  a United States Department of Justice Immigration and 
  1.13  Naturalization Service Employment Eligibility Verification Form 
  1.14  I-9.  Upon the request of a minor, an age certificate shall be 
  1.15  issued by or under the authority of the school superintendent of 
  1.16  the district in which the applicant resides.  Superintendents, 
  1.17  principals, or headmasters of independent or parochial schools 
  1.18  shall issue age certificates to minors who attend such schools.