SENATE BILL 619

45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

INTRODUCED BY

Leonard Lee Rawson







AN ACT

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT TO PROHIBIT, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, A CONTRACTOR FROM REQUIRING A SUBCONTRACTOR TO OBTAIN WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FROM A SPECIFIC INSURER.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. A new section of the Workers' Compensation Act is enacted to read:

"[NEW MATERIAL] MANDATING COVERAGE FROM A SPECIFIC INSURER.--No contractor shall mandate, directly or indirectly, or as a condition or prerequisite in any request for bids, request for proposals or contract, that a subcontractor obtain workers' compensation coverage from a specific insurer or under a specific policy if the subcontractor:

A. has a certificate filed with the director pursuant to Section 52-1-4 NMSA 1978; and

B. is an independent contractor."

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