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| 1 | 1 | 84R7726 JSC-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Eltife S.B. No. 666 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the status of a subcontractor as an employee for the | |
| 8 | 8 | purposes of workers' compensation insurance coverage. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 406.122(b), Labor Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b) Unless the general contractor and subcontractor have | |
| 13 | 13 | entered into a written agreement under Section 406.123, a [A] | |
| 14 | 14 | subcontractor and the subcontractor's employees are not employees | |
| 15 | 15 | of the general contractor for purposes of this subtitle if the | |
| 16 | 16 | subcontractor: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) is operating as an independent contractor; and | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) has entered into a written agreement with the | |
| 19 | 19 | general contractor that evidences a relationship in which the | |
| 20 | 20 | subcontractor assumes the responsibilities of an employer for the | |
| 21 | 21 | performance of work. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | |
| 23 | 23 | written agreement under Section 406.123, Labor Code, entered into | |
| 24 | 24 | on or after the effective date of this Act. A written agreement | |
| 25 | 25 | entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed by | |
| 26 | 26 | the law in effect on the date the written agreement was entered | |
| 27 | 27 | into, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |