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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- EXEMPT EMPLOYERS

     Introduced By: Senators Kettle, Maher, and Shibley

     Date Introduced: February 16, 2012

     Referred To: Senate Labor

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 28-29-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-29 entitled "Workers'

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Compensation - General Provisions" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     28-29-5. Employers exempt. -- The provisions of chapters 29 – 38, inclusive, of this title

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shall not apply to employers of employees engaged in domestic service or subject to the

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provisions of section 28-29-7.2 or who employ three (3) or fewer workers or operatives regularly

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in the same business or to employers of employees engaged in domestic service or agriculture,

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except for employers engaged in occupations which the director declares hazardous, but

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employers not engaged in hazardous occupations may, by complying with the provisions of

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section 28-29-8, become subject to the provisions of those chapters.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- EXEMPT EMPLOYERS

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     This act would exempt employers with three (3) or fewer employees from the workers’

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compensation laws.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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