Nonresident employer bonding requirements.

2016
STATE OF WYOMING
16LSO-0361
Introduced
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0150

Nonresident employer bonding requirements.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Burkhart and Senator(s) Von Flatern

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to labor and employment; increasing amount of surety bond or other security required for nonresident employers as specified; expanding application of imposed bonding and security requirements as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section
1
.

W.S.
27
‑
1
‑
106(
b),
(c)
(i)
,
by
creating
a new paragraph (ii) and
by amending and
renumbering (ii) as (iii)
is
amended to read:

27
‑
1
‑
106
.

Certain nonresident employers required to post bond; exceptions.

(b)

The bond or other security required by subsection (a) of this section shall be in the amount of
ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00)
twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00)
plus an additional
one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
two thousand dollars ($2,000.00)
for each one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000.00) or fraction thereof that the expected wages exceed one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000.00) annually.

(c)

The bond or security provided for in this section shall ensure:

(i)

The payment of wages of employees working in the state;
and

(ii)

The payment
of
occupational health and safety administration penalties; and

(ii)
(iii)

All other payments or obligations of the nonresident employer required by
:

(A)

T
he Wyoming Worker's Compensation Act unless waived by the director pursuant to W.S. 27
‑
14
‑
302
;
.

(B)

A
ny other
sec
tion
under
t
itle 27
of Wyoming statutes
or
any
department of workforce service
s

rule or
regulation.

Section 2
.

This act is effective July 1, 2016.

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