An Act Regarding Fairness for Families Regaraing Workers' Compensation Coverage II
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1862
Committee Amendment CA_A_H475 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .fj " to H.P. 1298, L.D. 1862, Bill, "An Act 
Regarding Fairness for Families Regaraing Workers' Compensation Coverage" 
II 
Amend the bill in section 1 in paragraph A by striking out all of subparagraphs (4) 
and (5) and inserting the following: 
'(4) Except for persons engaged in harvesting of forest products, any person 
who, in a written statement to the board, waives all the benefits and privileges 
provided by the workers' compensation laws, provided that the board has found 
that person to be a bona fide owner of at least 20% of the outstanding voting 
stock of the corporation by which that person is employed or a shareholder of the 
professional corporation by which that person is employed and that this waiver 
was not a prerequisite condition to employment. 
F or the purposes of this 
subparagraph, the term "professional corporation" means a domestic or foreign 
professional corporation as defined in Title 13, section 723. 
Any person may revoke or rescind that person's waiver upon 30 days' written 
notice to the board and that person's employer. The parent, spouse, domestic 
partner as defined in Title 24, section 2319-A, subsection I or child of a person 
who has made a waiver under the previous sentence may state, in writing, that the 
parent, spouse, domestic partner as defined in Title 24, section 2319-A, 
subsection 1 or child waives all the benefits and privileges provided by the 
workers' compensation laws if the board finds that the waiver is not a prerequisite 
condition to employment and if the parent, spouse, domestic partner as defined in 
Title 24, section 2319-A, subsection 1 or child is employed by the same 
corporation that employs the person who has made the first waiver; 
(5) Except for persons engaged in harvesting of forest products, the parent, 
spouse, domestic partner as defined in Title 24, section 2319-A, subsection 1 or 
child of a sole proprietor who is employed by that sole proprietor or the parent, 
spouse, domestic partner as defined in Title 24, section 2319-A, subsection 1 or 
child of a partner who is employed by the partnership of that partner or the 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 1298, L.D. 1862 
parent, spouse, domestic partner as defined in Title 24, section 2319-A, 
subsection 1 or child of a member of a limited liability company who is 
employed by that limited liability company may state, in writing, that the parent, 
spouse, domestic partner as defined in Title 24, section 2319-A, subsection 1 or 
child waives all the benefits and privileges provided by the workers' 
compensation laws if the board finds that the waiver is not a prerequisite 
condition to employment;' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in paragraph B-1 in subparagraph (1) in division (b) in the 
last 2 lines (page 3, lines 11 and 12 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "registered 
domestic partner as described in Title 22, section 2710" and inserting the following: 
'domestic partner as defined in Title 24, section 2319-A, subsection I' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in paragraph B-1 in subparagraph (2) in the first line 
(page 3, line 19 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "registered domestic partner as 
described in Title 22, section 2710" and inserting the following: 'domestic partner as 
defined in Title 24, section 2319-A, subsection I' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in paragraph B-1 in subparagraph (2) in the last 2 lines 
(page 3, lines 22 and 23 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "registered domestic 
partner as described in Title 22, section 2710" and inserting the following: 'domestic 
partner as defined in Title 24, section 2319-A, subsection I' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes a definitional reference throughout the bill. 
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