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(1) Meets the definition of "eligible employee" set forth | in section 2808-B, subsection 1, paragraph C | | full-time basis, with a normal work week of 30 hours or | | more.__"Eligible employee" includes a sole proprietor, a | | partner of a partnership or an independent contractor, | | but does not include employees who work on a temporary or | | substitute basis.__An employer may elect to treat as | | eligible employees part-time employees who work a normal | | work week of 10 hours or more as long as at least one | | employee works a normal work week of 30 hours or more.__ | | An employer may elect to treat as eligible employees | | employees who retire from the employer's employment; |
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| | | (2) Is a self-employed individual who: |
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| | | (a) Works and resides in the State; and |
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| | | (b) Is organized as a sole proprietorship or in | | any other legally recognized manner that a self- | | employed individual may organize, a substantial | | part of whose income derives from a trade or | | business through which the individual has | | attempted to earn taxable income, and who has | | filed the appropriate United States Internal | | Revenue Service form for the previous taxable | | year, and for whom a copy of the appropriate | | United States Internal Revenue Service form or | | forms and schedule has been filed with the plan or | | its administrator; or |
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| | | (3) Is a sole employee of a nonprofit organization that | | has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to | | be exempt from taxation under the United States | | Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c)(3),(4) or (6) and | | who has a normal work week of at least 20 hours and is | | not covered under a public or private plan for health | | insurance or other health benefit arrangement. |
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| | | Sec. B-23. 24-A MRSA §4346, sub-§1, ¶G, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 708, | | §3, is amended to read: |
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| | | G. "Small employer" means an eligible group as defined in | section 2808-B1D |
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| | | Sec. B-24. 24-A MRSA §6603, sub-§1, ¶H, as amended by PL 2001, c. 410, | | Pt. A, §9, is further amended to read: |
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