HOUSE BILL NO. 1437 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE COOK.
2961H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To repeal section 287.030, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to workers' compensation minimum employee requirements for certain construction industry employers.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 287.030, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu 2 thereof, to be known as section 287.030, to read as follows: 287.030. 1. The word "employer" as used in this chapter shall be construed to mean: 2 (1) Every person, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability partnership or 3 company, trustee, receiver, the legal representatives of a deceased employer, and every other 4 person, including any person or corporation operating a railroad and any public service 5 corporation, using the service of another for pay; 6 (2) The state, county, municipal corporation, township, school or road, drainage, 7 swamp and levee districts, or school boards, board of education, regents, curators, managers 8 or control commission, board or any other political subdivision, corporation, or quasi- 9 corporation, or cities under special charter, or under the commission form of government; 10 (3) Any of the above-defined employers must have five or more employees to be 11 deemed an employer for the purposes of this chapter unless election is made to become 12 subject to the provisions of this chapter as provided in subsection 2 of section 287.090, 13 [except that] and construction industry employers who erect, demolish, alter or repair 14 improvements shall be deemed an employer for the purposes of this chapter if they have [one] 15 five or more employees. An employee who is a member of the employer's family within the
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language. HB 1437 2
16 third degree of affinity or consanguinity shall be counted in determining the total number of 17 employees of such employer. 18 2. Any reference to the employer shall also include his or her insurer or group self- 19 insurer. ✔
Statutes affected: