ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3169	By:	Hickman, Faught and Ritze of the House

			    and

		Marlatt of the Senate

An Act relating to workers’ compensation; amending 85 O.S. 2001, Section 2.6, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 213, O.S.L. 2009 (85 O.S. Supp. 2009, Section 2.6), which relates to Workers’ Compensation Act exemptions; exempting the spouse of any exempt employer; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     85 O.S. 2001, Section 2.6, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 213, O.S.L. 2009 (85 O.S. Supp. 2009, Section 2.6), is amended to read as follows:

Section 2.6  A.  An employer, as defined in Section 3 of this title, with five or less total employees, all of whom are related by blood or marriage to:

1.  The employer if the employer is a natural person;

2.  A general or limited partner if the partnership is the employer;

3.  The member of an association or limited liability company responsible for forming the association or limited liability company if the association or limited liability company is the employer; or

4.  An incorporator of a corporation if the corporation is the employer,

shall be exempt from the Workers' Compensation Act.

B.  The spouse of any employer who is exempt from the Workers' Compensation Act shall also be exempt.

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2010.

Passed the House of Representatives the 1st day of March, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the 6th day of April, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate