| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 39-A MRSA §401, sub-§1, ¶¶B and C, as amended by PL 2001, c. | | 235, §2, are further amended to read: |
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| | | B. Employers of employees engaged in agriculture or | | aquaculture as seasonal or casual laborers, if the employer | | maintains coverage by an employer's liability insurance | | policy with total limits of not less than $25,000 and | | medical payment coverage of not less than $5,000. |
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| | | (1) As used in this subsection, "casual" means | | occasional or incidental. "Seasonal" refers to | | laborers engaged in agricultural or aquacultural | | employment beginning at or after the commencement of | | the planting or seeding season and ending at or before | the completion of the harvest season; and |
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| | | C. Employers of agricultural or aquacultural laborers, if: |
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| | | (3) The employer has 6 or fewer agricultural or | | aquacultural laborers or the employer has more than 6 | | such laborers but the total number of hours worked by | | all such laborers in a week does not exceed 240 and has | | not exceeded 240 at any time during the 52 weeks | | immediately preceding the injury; and |
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| | | (4) The employer maintains an employer's liability | | insurance policy with total limits of not less than | | $100,000 multiplied by the number of full-time | | equivalent agricultural or aquacultural laborers | | employed by that employer and medical payment coverage | | of not less than $5,000. |
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| | | For purposes of this paragraph, seasonal and casual workers, | | immediate family members of unincorporated employers and | | immediate family members of bona fide owners of at least 20% | | of the voting stock of an incorporated employer are not | | considered agricultural or aquacultural laborers. | | "Immediate family members" means parents, spouses, brothers, | sisters and children.; and |
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| | | Sec. 2. 39-A MRSA §401, sub-§1, ¶D is enacted to read: |
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| | | D. Employers of 6 or fewer employees if: |
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| | | (1)__The employer maintains an employer's liability insurance | | policy with total limits of not less than $100,000 multiplied by | | the number of full-time |
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