Bill Text: MO HB1609 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Revises the definition of "employer" as it relates to workers' compensation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-24 - Voted Do Pass (H) [HB1609 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2014-HB1609-Introduced.html

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1609

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE MCGAUGH.

5638L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To repeal section 287.030, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to workers' compensation.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Section 287.030, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 287.030, to read as follows:

            287.030. 1. The word "employer" as used in this chapter shall be construed to mean:

            (1) Every person, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability partnership or company, trustee, receiver, the legal representatives of a deceased employer, and every other person, including any person or corporation operating a railroad [and] , any public service corporation, using the service of another for pay, and any person or corporation in the construction industry who erects, demolishes, alters, or repairs improvements;

            (2) The state, county, municipal corporation, township, school or road, drainage, swamp and levee districts, or school boards, board of education, regents, curators, managers or control commission, board or any other political subdivision, corporation, or quasi-corporation, or cities under special charter, or under the commission form of government;

            (3) Any of the above-defined employers must have five or more employees to be deemed an employer for the purposes of this chapter unless election is made to become subject to the provisions of this chapter as provided in subsection 2 of section 287.090[, except that construction industry employers who erect, demolish, alter or repair improvements shall be deemed an employer for the purposes of this chapter if they have one or more employees]. An employee who is a member of the employer's family within the third degree of affinity or consanguinity shall be counted in determining the total number of employees of such employer.             2. Any reference to the employer shall also include his or her insurer or group self-insurer.

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