Introduced By: Representatives Faria, Martineau, Crowley and Flaherty
Date Introduced : January 5, 1999
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 28-29-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-29 entitled "Workers' Compensation--General Provisions" is hereby amended to read as follows:
{ADD 28-29-8. Election by exempt employers to be subject to law. [Effective January 1, 1999.] -- ADD} (a) Employers exempted by section 28-29-7 may come within chapters 29 -- 38 of this title by election. The election on the part of the employer shall be made by filing with the director a written statement to the effect that he or she accepts the provisions of those chapters, the filing of which statement shall operate to subject the employer to the provisions of those chapters and all acts amendatory thereof for the term of one year from the date of the filing of the statement, and thereafter, without further act on his or her part, for successive terms of one year each, unless the employer shall, at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of that first or any succeeding year file with the director a notice in writing to the effect that he or she withdraws his or her election to be subject to the provisions of those chapters and shall give reasonable notice thereof to his workers; provided, however, that any employer now subject to the provisions of those chapters shall not be required to file a further written statement of acceptance or hereafter post notices of his or her acceptance.
(b) Any employer, including any corporation officer, who is
on {DEL January 1, 1999 DEL} {ADD December 31, 1998 ADD} subject
to the provisions of chapters 29-38 of this title {ADD and who has
not waived his or her coverage pursuant to section 28-29-17 or ADD}
by election, shall continue to be so subject to the provisions
of those chapters and all acts amendatory thereof unless or until
he or she withdraws {ADD in writing ADD} his or her election to be
subject to the provisions of those chapters pursuant to the provisions
of subsection 28-29-8(a).
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage and shall be retroactive to January 1, 1999.
