Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb603%20intr.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=603
Timestamp: 2018-01-18 19:32:37
Document Index: 97799181

Matched Legal Cases: ['§23', '§23', '§23', '§23', '§23', '§23']

A BILL to amend and reenact §23-2-1, §23-2-1a and §23-2-1b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to workers’ compensation programs of state government entities and their employees; defining participants and exceptions thereto; including the West Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol in such coverage when performing a mission within the state and for state agencies that do not qualify for funded federal mission status; and designating the National Guard as the employer of record of members of the West Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol for purposes of workers’ compensation coverage.
That §23-2-1, §23-2-1a and §23-2-1b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
(a) The State of West Virginia and all governmental agencies or departments created by it, including county boards of education, political subdivisions of the state, the West Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol when performing a mission within the state and for state agencies that do not qualify for funded federal mission status, any volunteer fire department or company and other emergency service organizations as defined by article five, chapter fifteen of this code, and all persons, firms, associations and corporations regularly employing another person or persons for the purpose of carrying on any form of industry, service or business in this state, are employers within the meaning of this chapter and are required to subscribe to and pay premium taxes into the Workers’ Compensation Fund for the protection of their employees and are subject to all requirements of this chapter and all rules prescribed by the Workers’ Compensation Commission with reference to rate, classification and premium payment: Provided, That rates will be adjusted by the commission to reflect the demand on the compensation fund by the covered employer.
(7) Members of the West Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol when performing a mission within the state and for state agencies that do not qualify for funded federal mission status. The National Guard shall be the employer of record of members of the West Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol when performing a mission within the state and for state agencies for purposes of workers’ compensation coverage, as provided by this article.
(e) County commissions, municipalities, other political subdivisions of the state, county boards of education, emergency service organizations organized as aforesaid and volunteer fire departments or companies or the West Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol when performing a mission within the state and for state agencies that do not qualify for funded federal mission status, shall provide for the funds to pay their prescribed premiums into the fund and such premiums and premiums of state agencies and departments, including county boards of education, shall be paid into the fund in the same manner as herein provided for other employers subject to this chapter.
(f) County commissions and municipalities and the National Guard are hereby authorized to pay all or any part of the premiums prescribed for such emergency service organizations organized as aforesaid and such duly incorporated volunteer fire departments or companies or the West Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol when performing a mission within the state and for state agencies that do not qualify for funded federal mission status, as may provide services within the county or municipality.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to include the West Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol in workers’ compensation coverage when performing a mission within the state and for state agencies that do not qualify for funded federal mission status. The bill designates the National Guard as the employer of record of members of the West Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol for purposes of workers’ compensation coverage.