Session Law 2024-3: Senate Bill 542 Summary

• Increases civil penalties for youth employment violations from $500/$1,000 to same amounts, and for record-keeping violations from $250/$2,000 to $750/$4,500 per violation.

• Restructures boiler and pressure vessel inspection definitions and exemptions, modifying technical language and expanding exemptions for certain pressure vessel types and capacities.

• Adds electronic mail notification as acceptable delivery method for Department of Labor penalty notices, citations, and administrative orders across multiple labor law articles.

• Prohibits operation of boilers or pressure vessels after inspection certificate refusal or revocation for nonpayment of fees.

• Modifies elevator bidding specifications on public works projects to prohibit preferred brand alternates, limit business experience requirements to five years, and require specific quality standard language.