1998 Minnesota Statutes

     176.182 Business licenses or permits; coverage required. 

    Every state or local licensing agency shall withhold the 
 issuance or renewal of a license or permit to operate a business 
 in Minnesota until the applicant presents acceptable evidence of 
 compliance with the workers' compensation insurance coverage 
 requirement of section 176.181, subdivision 2, by providing the 
 name of the insurance company, the policy number, and dates of 
 coverage or the permit to self-insure.  The commissioner shall 
 assess a penalty to the employer of $2,000 payable to the 
 assigned risk safety account, if the information is not reported 
 or is falsely reported.  

    Neither the state nor any governmental subdivision of the 
 state shall enter into any contract for the doing of any public 
 work before receiving from all other contracting parties 
 acceptable evidence of compliance with the workers' compensation 
 insurance coverage requirement of section 176.181, subdivision 2.

    This section shall not be construed to create any liability 
 on the part of the state or any governmental subdivision to pay 
 workers' compensation benefits or to indemnify the special 
 compensation fund, an employer, or insurer who pays workers' 
 compensation benefits.  

    HIST: 1981 c 346 s 94; 1983 c 290 s 114; 1987 c 332 s 47; 1992 
 c 510 art 3 s 19; 1995 c 231 art 2 s 72