HB 1417 — Contractors; workers' compensation requirements.

SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY ––-- 2024 SESSION CHAPTER E558 An Act to amend and reenact § 58.1-3714 of the Code of Virginia, relating to contractors;

R O [H 1417] Approved LApril L5, 1.2024 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

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workers' E compensation requirements;

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B.under this chapter to any contractor who (i) has not obtained or is not maintaining workers's license compensation coverage for his employees and (ii) at the time of application for such issuance or reissuance, is required to obtain or maintain such coverage pursuant to Chapter 8 (§ 65.2-800 et seq.) of Title 65.2.

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Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission, who shall conduct periodic audits of selected contractors to whom such body has issued business licenses to ensure the compliance of such contractors with the requirements of this subsection and the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 65.2.

If, within any county imposing a license tax on contractors, there is situated a town which imposes a similar tax upon contractors, the business, firm, corporation or individual subject to such town license tax shall be entitled, upon displaying evidence that such town license taxes have been paid, to receive a credit on the license taxes imposed by the county to the extent of the license taxes paid tooto such town.

streets,2. alleys, or highways, or public or private property, using asphalt, brick, stone, cement, concrete, wood or any composition;

Accepting or offering to accept contracts to do any paving, curbing or other work on sidewalks, streets, alleys, or highways, or public or private property, using asphalt, brick, stone, cement, concrete, wood or any composition;

Accepting or offering to accept orders or contracts for doing any work on or in any building or premises involving the erecting, installing, altering, repairing, servicing, or maintaining electric wiring, devices or appliances permanently connected to such wiring, or the erecting, repairing or maintaining ofing,of lines for the transmission or distribution of electric light and power;