Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1043, sub-§11, ¶F, sub-¶¶40 and 41, as amended by PL 1997, c. 683, Pt. A, §14, are further amended to read:

(41) Services provided by a dance instructor to students of a dance studio when there is a contract between the instructor and the studio under which the instructor's services are not offered exclusively to the studio, the studio does not control the scheduling of the days and times of classes other than beginning and end dates, the instructor is paid by the class and not on an hourly or salary basis, the compensation rate is the result of negotiation between the instructor and the studio and the instructor is given the freedom to develop the curriculum; and

(42) Services performed by participants enrolled in programs or projects under the national service laws including the federal National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended, 42 United States Code, Section 12501 et seq., and the federal Domestic Volunteer Service Act, as amended, 42 United States Code, Section 4950 et seq.; and

Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §1043, sub-§11, ¶F, sub-¶43 is enacted to read:

(43) Services performed by an individual as a free- lance journalist to a publisher or publication as long as that employment is not subject to federal unemployment tax.

SUMMARY

This bill excludes services performed by a free-lance journalist from the definition of "employment" for purposes of unemployment compensation.