2024 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4687

By Delegate Foster

[Introduced January 12, 2024; Referred
to the Committee on Workforce Development then Judiciary]

A BILL to repeal §23-2-1d of the Code of West Virginia,1931, as amended, relating to prime contractors’ liability for subcontractors failure to make proper payments for workers’ compensation coverage.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2. EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES SUBJECT TO CHAPTER; EXTRATERRITORIAL COVERAGE.

§1. Prime contractors and subcontractors liability.

That §23-2-1d of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is repealed.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to repeal the law which makes prime contractors liable for the failure of subcontractors to make proper payments for workers’ compensation coverage.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.