Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 443
Section 3227 - Street trades1. Definition. A street trade for the purposes of part one of this article shall include the carrying, selling, exposing or offering for sale of newspapers or periodicals, and work as a bootblack, but shall not include the occupation engaged in by a newspaper carrier as defined in subdivision one of section thirty-two hundred twenty-eight of this chapter.2. Application. The provisions of this section shall apply to all school districts.3. No minor under fourteen years of age shall be engaged in a street trade; and no minor from fourteen to eighteen years of age shall be so engaged unless a street trades permit has been lawfully issued to the minor.4. A street trades permit shall be issued in the same manner and with the same requirements as in the case of an employment certificate. Such a permit shall expire two years from the date of its issuance.5. A minor to whom a street trades permit has been issued shall carry it on his or her person while engaged in a street trade. Such a permit shall not be transferred to another minor or used by another if transferred.6. No minor shall be engaged in a street trade before six o'clock in the morning nor after seven o'clock in the evening, nor during the time the minor is required to attend upon instruction, nor more than four hours in any one day when school is in session, nor more than five hours in any one day when school is not in session.7. The police shall enforce the provisions of this section except with respect to the issuance and revocation of street trades permits. The industrial commissioner shall have concurrent power to enforce this section except with respect to the issuance and revocation of street trades permits.8. The school authorities may revoke the permit for cause after due notice.