PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                            S.B. 141

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1996.

May 23, 1996

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis MD 21401

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed Senate Bill 141.

This bill clarifies that a principal contractor is not liable for workers' compensation
coverage for corporate officers or members of limited liability companies who elect to be
exempt from coverage under the workers' compensation law, or partners in a partnership
or sole proprietors who do not elect to be covered by the workers' compensation law.

House Bill 226, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on May 14,
1996, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate
Bill 141.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

Senate Bill No. 141

AN ACT concerning

Workers' Compensation - Exempt Employees of Subcontractors - Liability of Principal

Contractor

FOR the purpose of clarifying that a principal contractor is not liable for workers'
compensation coverage for certain individuals who elect, or who do not elect, to be
exempt from coverage under the workers' compensation law; establishing a certain
presumption; and generally relating to the exemption from coverage of the workers'
compensation law of certain individuals who do work as a subcontractor for a
principal contractor.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-206, 9-219, and 9-227
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment

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