Ch. 238                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Approved April 30, 1996.

CHAPTER 238
(House Bill 513)

AN ACT concerning

Workers' Compensation - Independent Contractors Receiving Compensation From
Farmers for Service - Not Covered Employees

FOR the purpose of providing that an individual who receives compensation from a
farmer for a service is not a covered employee if certain conditions are met; and
generally relating to the coverage of individuals who receive compensation from a
farmer for a service.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-210

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 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

9-210.

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2)     "Farmer" includes a dairy farmer.

(3)     (i) "Migrant farm worker" means an individual who is engaged in
seasonal or other temporary agricultural employment and who is:

1.       absent overnight from the permanent residence of the
individual; or

2.       transported to and from the place of employment of the
individual by a day-haul operation.

(ii) "Migrant farm worker" does not include an individual who
performs a service included in subsection (b) of this section if the individual:

1.       does not operate equipment or machinery; and

2.       is employed:

A. within 25 miles of the permanent residence of the individual;
and

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