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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6477
January Session, 2021
AN ACT CONCERNING VO LUNTEER FIRE DEPARTM ENTS AND
AMBULANCE COMPANIES AND THE DEFINITION OF EMPLOYER
UNDER THE STATE OCCU PATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 31-367 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
passage): 3
(d) "Employer" means the state and any political subdivision thereof, 4
and, except as provided in section 31-369, as amended by this act, any 5
volunteer fire department and any volunteer ambulance company; 6
Sec. 2. Section 31-369 of the general statutes is repealed and the 7
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 8
(a) This chapter applies to all employers, employees and places of 9
employment in the state except the following: (1) Employees of the 10
United States government; [and] (2) working conditions of employees 11
over which federal agencies other than the United States Department of 12
Labor exercise statutory authority to prescribe or enforce standards or 13
regulations affecting occupational safety and health; and (3) any 14
volunteer fire department or volunteer ambulance company that can 15
demonstrate such department or company is regulated by the 16
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 USC 651 et seq., as 17
amended from time to time. 18 Substitute Bill No. 6477
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(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede or in any 19
manner affect any workers' compensation law or to enlarge, diminish or 20
affect in any manner common law or statutory rights, duties or liabilities 21
of employers or employees, under any law with respect to injuries, 22
diseases or death of employees arising out of and in the course of 23
employment. 24
Sec. 3. Subsection (c) of section 31-382 of the general statutes is 25
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 26
passage): 27
(c) Any employer who has received a citation for a violation of the 28
requirements of sections 31-369, as amended by this act, and 31-370, of 29
any standard or order promulgated pursuant to section 31-372, or of 30
regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, which violation is 31
specifically determined not to be of a serious nature, may be assessed a 32
civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars for each such violation, 33
except that any volunteer fire department and any volunteer ambulance 34
company shall, for the first such violation, only be issued a written 35
warning. 36
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 31-367(d)
Sec. 2 from passage 31-369
Sec. 3 from passage 31-382(c)
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 2(a)(3), "15 USC 651 et seq" was changed to "29 USC 651 et
seq., as amended from time to time" for accuracy and consistency with
standard drafting conventions; and in Section 3, "however," was
changed to "except that" for consistency with standard drafting
conventions.
LAB Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO