Ch. 113                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 113
(Senate Bill 144)

AN ACT concerning

Workers' Compensation - Owner Operator of a Class E (Truck) Vehicle

FOR the purpose of providing that an owner operator of a certain Class E (truck) vehicle
who enters into a certain agreement with a motor carrier is not a covered employee
for certain purposes of Workers' Compensation Law and is not entitled to
compensation from a principal contractor under a certain provision of the Workers'
Compensation Law; and generally relating to owner operators of certain Class E
(truck) vehicles who enter into certain agreements with motor carriers.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-218

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 13-916 and 13-919
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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

Article - Labor and Employment

9-218.

(A) (1) THIS SECTION APPLIES TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS AN OWNER
OPERATOR OF:

(I)      A CLASS F (TRACTOR) VEHICLE, AS DESCRIBED IN § 13-923 OF
THE TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE; OR

(II)    EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION,
A CLASS E (TRUCK) VEHICLE, AS DESCRIBED IN § 13-916 OF THE TRANSPORTATION
ARTICLE, INCLUDING A CLASS E (TRUCK) VEHICLE DESCRIBED IN § 13-919 OF THE
TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE.

(2) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO THE OWNER OPERATOR OF A
VEHICLE REGISTERED AS A CLASS T VEHICLE UNDER § 13-920 OF THE
TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE

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