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1248 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 105
[(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).
(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
A. IS employed within a 25-mile radius of
his or her permanent place of residence and for not more than 13
weeks per year.] ; AND
B. DOES NOT OPERATE MACHINERY OR
EQUIPMENT.
(c) The following employees are exempt from the coverage of
this act:
(8) EXCEPT FOR A PERSON WHO OPERATES OR REPAIRS
MACHINERY OR EQUIPMENT, ANY PERSON WHO:
(I) PERFORMS AGRICULTURAL WORK OF A SEASONAL OR
TEMPORARY NATURE WITHIN A 25-MILE RADIUS OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE,
FOR NOT MORE THAN 13 WEEKS A YEAR, WITHOUT BEING TRANSPORTED TO
AND FROM THE PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT BY MEANS OF A DAY HAUL
OPERATION;
(II) PERFORMS AGRICULTURAL WORK FOR AN EMPLOYER
WHO HAS 2 OR FEWER FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES; OR
(III) PERFORMS AGRICULTURAL WORK FOR AN
EMPLOYER WHO HAS A YEARLY PAYROLL FOR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES OF LESS
THAN $15,000.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.
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