HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 94944        FILED ON: 7/28/2010

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4944

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Ten

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An Act relative to independent contractors..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Section 148B of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the word “and,” in line 8, and inserting in place thereof the following word:- or.

SECTION 2.  Said section 148B of said chapter 149, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following subsection:-

(a½) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) to the contrary, for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 151, an individual performing a service, except as authorized under this chapter, for an employer classified by the federal North American Industry Classification System as a sector 23 establishment, shall be considered an employee unless the individual meets all 3 requirements in clauses (1) to (3), inclusive, of said subsection (a).