HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

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(b) The following shall constitute employees subject to the
provisions of this act, except as exempted under subsection (c)
of this section:

(8) Farming and dairy farming, other than office
work, and including, by way of illustration and not by way of
limitation, the operation of any machinery connected with any
phase of soil, crop or animal management, construction and
repairs of machinery and fixtures, and the handling of any crops
or animals with or without machinery WHETHER OR NOT PERFORMED BY
A SEASONAL OR MIGRATORY FARM LABORER.

(I) For the purposes of this section, a farmer
is defined as one who has three (3) or more full-time employees
or who has a yearly payroll for his full-time employees of at
least fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) [provided, however, that
this section shall not apply to seasonal or migratory farm
laborers who do not operate machinery or equipment].

(II)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SEASONAL OR
MIGRATORY FARM LABORER" MEANS A PERSON WHO IS ENGAGED IN
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT OF A SEASONAL OR OTHER TEMPORARY NATURE
AND WHO IS EITHER (A) ABSENT OVERNIGHT FROM HIS PERMANENT PLACE
OF RESIDENCE OR (B) TRANSPORTED OR CAUSED TO BE TRANSPORTED TO
AND FROM THE PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT BY MEANS OF A DAY-HAUL
OPERATION.

(III)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SEASONAL
AND MIGRATORY FARM LABORER" SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY PERSON WHO IS
EMPLOYED WITHIN A 25-MILE INTRASTATE RADIUS OF HIS OR HER
PERMANENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND FOR NOT MORE THAN 13 WEEKS PER
YEAR.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 29, 1984.

CHAPTER 752
(Senate Bill 922)
AN ACT concerning