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| 1 | 1 | 81R8582 PB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Giddings H.B. No. 1657 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage regarding | |
| 8 | 8 | certain contractors. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Sections 406.121(1) and (5), Labor Code, are | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (1) "General contractor" means a person who undertakes | |
| 13 | 13 | to procure the performance of work or a service for the benefit of | |
| 14 | 14 | another, either separately or through the use of subcontractors. | |
| 15 | 15 | The term includes a "principal contractor," "original contractor," | |
| 16 | 16 | "prime contractor," or other analogous term. The term does not | |
| 17 | 17 | include a motor carrier that provides a transportation service | |
| 18 | 18 | through the use of an owner operator. | |
| 19 | 19 | (5) "Subcontractor" means a person who contracts with | |
| 20 | 20 | a general contractor to perform all or any part of the work or | |
| 21 | 21 | services that the general contractor has contracted with another | |
| 22 | 22 | party [undertaken] to perform. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |