Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 156

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 324

AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND SUBCHAPTER I OF CHAPTER 23, TITLE 19, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Amend §2307 of Subchapter I, Chapter 23, Title 19, Delaware Code, by striking §2307 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new §2307 to read as follows:

"§2307. Domestic Servants and Farm Laborers

(a) This Chapter shall not apply to any person employed as a household worker in a private home or household who earns less than $300 in cash in any three month period from a single private home or household and any person employed as a casual worker in a private home or household who earns less than $300 in cash in any three month period from a single private home or household.

(b) This Chapter shall not apply to farm laborers or to their respective employers unless such an employer carries insurance to insure the payment of compensation to such employees or their dependents."

word "not" between the words "this chapter shall" and "apply to the State," as said words appear in said section and further strike the "."as said"." appears at the end of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"unless proper authority is given by an above named entity to elect to be covered by the application of this chapter."

Section 3. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1975.

Approved June 30, 1975