Introduced By: Representatives Moura, Faria and Farrell
Date Introduced : May 18, 1999
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 5-7-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-7 entitled "Employment Agencies" is hereby amended to read as follows:
5-7-3. Bond to payroll and other taxes. -- It shall
be unlawful for anyone to establish or keep an intelligence or
employment office pursuant to this chapter without giving a bond
to the {DEL board of police commissioners or other issuing
authority DEL} {ADD department of labor and training ADD} in
the amount of {DEL ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) DEL}
{ADD fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) ADD} with surety for payroll
and other taxes. Any temporary employment service, defined for
the purposes of this chapter as an organization that hires its
own employees and assigns them to clients to support or supplement
the client's work force in work situations including but not limited
to employee absences, temporary skill shortages, seasonal workloads
and special assignments and projects, that have been certified
by the division of taxation for at least two (2) years as of the
date of passage of this act {DEL[July 8, 1997]DEL} {ADD July 8, 1997ADD} shall be exempt from
the bonding requirements of this section. The provisions of this
section shall apply only to those employment service organizations
that generate a payroll, and shall not apply to so-called "permanent"
employment agencies.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
