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HF 1756

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/11/2015 11:58am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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A bill for an act
relating to workers' compensation; clarifying coverage under the targeted logging
industry fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 176.130, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 176.130, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given them, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.

(a) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of labor and industry, unless otherwise
provided.

(b) "Logger" means the following occupations:

(1) timber fellers: those who employ chainsaws or other mechanical devices
mounted on logging vehicles to fell or delimb trees;

(2) buckers or chippers: those who cut trees into merchantable lengths with either
chainsaws or heavier machinery, including slashers, harvesters, and processors;

(3) skidders or forwarders: those who either drag logs or trees to roadside landings, or
load and transport logs or short wood (fuel wood or pulp wood) to similar destinations; and

(4) timber harvesters or processors: those who combine two or more of the
operations listed in clauses (1) to (3).

(c) "Logging industry" means loggers and employers of loggers.

(d) "Wood mill" means the primary processors of woodnew text begin , woody biomass,new text end or wood
chips deleted text begin includingdeleted text end new text begin . Processor includesnew text end , but new text begin is new text end not limited to, new text begin primary manufacturers who do
the initial processing of wood purchased from loggers,
new text end hard board manufacturers, wafer
board or oriented strand board manufacturers, pulp and paper manufacturers, sawmills,
and deleted text begin other primary manufacturers who do the initial processing of wood purchased from
loggers
deleted text end new text begin converters of wood or woody biomass to energy or any other type of bioproductnew text end .

(e) "Insurer" means an insurance company that provides workers' compensation
coverage for loggers, including the Minnesota assigned risk plan.

(f) "Qualified employer" means a self-employed logger, or an employer of a logger,
who has paid a premium for workers' compensation insurance coverage for the preceding
calendar year and who has attended, or whose logger employees have attended, in the
preceding calendar year, at least one safety seminar sponsored by or approved by the
commissioner.

(g) "Rebate" means amounts allocated and paid to qualified employers under
subdivision 6.