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H. B. 2659

 

                        (By Delegates Eldridge, Marcum, Campbell and Hicks)

                        [Introduced February 9, 2015; referred to the

                        Committee on Finance.]

 

 

 

 

A BILL to amend and reenact §23-2-1b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to workers’ compensation; employers and employees subject to coverage; and providing that paid county or municipal fire departments and duly incorporated volunteer fire departments pay reduced premiums when not actively engaged in fire fighting.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

            That §23-2-1b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES SUBJECT TO CHAPTER; EXTRATERRITORIAL COVERAGE.

§23-2-1b. Special provisions as to premiums.

            (a) Except as provided for in subsection (b) of this section, every executive officer of an association or of a corporation, any member of a partnership or owner of a sole proprietorship which has not elected to forgo coverage under this chapter for such officer, member or owner shall pay premiums based upon the actual salary paid to such the employee up to an amount sufficient to qualify such employee to receive the maximum level of benefits, but in no event shall may the basis for premium be less than the salary necessary to provide such the employee with the minimum level of benefits.

            (b) Every executive officer of a not-for-profit association or of a not-for-profit corporation which has not elected to forgo coverage under this chapter for such officer, member or owner shall pay premiums based upon the actual salary paid to such the employee up to an amount sufficient to qualify such the employee to receive the maximum level of benefits, but in no event shall may the basis for premium be less than $100.

            (c) Every elected official or officer, whether full time or part time and including members of the Legislature, whose governmental entity elects coverage under this chapter for such the elected official or officer, shall pay or have paid for him or her premiums based upon the actual salary paid to such the elected official or officer up to an amount sufficient to qualify such the elected official or officer to receive the maximum level of benefits, but in no event shall may the basis for premium be less than the salary necessary to provide such the elected official or officer with the minimum level of benefits. For the purposes of this subsection, an elected official or officer shall includes a person appointed to an elected position to complete a term for that elected position.

            (d) The premium and actual expenses in connection with governmental agencies and departments of the State of West Virginia shall be paid out of the State Treasury from appropriations made for such agencies and departments, in the same manner as other disbursements are made by such agencies and departments.

            (e) County commissions, municipalities, other political subdivisions of the state, county boards of education, emergency service organizations organized as aforesaid and volunteer fire departments or companies shall provide for the funds to pay their prescribed premiums into the fund and such premiums and premiums of state agencies and departments, including county boards of education, shall be paid into the fund in the same manner as herein provided for other employers subject to this chapter.

            (f) County commissions and municipalities are hereby authorized to pay all or any part of the premiums prescribed for such emergency service organizations organized as aforesaid and such the duly incorporated volunteer fire departments or companies as may provide services within the county or municipality.

            (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or law to the contrary, premiums for paid county or municipal fire departments and duly incorporated volunteer fire departments or companies shall be reduced for those periods that the firefighters are not actively engaged in fire fighting efforts. The Insurance Commissioner shall determine the reduced premiums to be paid for those periods when the firefighters are not actively engaged in fire fighting and propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to implement the provisions of this subsection.


            NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that paid county or municipal fire departments and duly incorporated volunteer fire departments pay reduced workers’ compensation premiums when not actively engaged in fire fighting. The Insurance Commissioner is to determine the premiums.



            Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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