HB0221 • 2017

Nonresident employer bonding requirements.

AN ACT relating to labor and employment; increasing bond or other security required for nonresident employers; expanding application of bond or security funds; increasing the penalty for violations; and providing for an effective date.

Labor

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Representative Burkhart
Last action: 2017-03-06
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2017

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2017-03-06 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0049
2017-03-06 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2017-02-23 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0049
2017-02-22 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0049
2017-02-22 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0049
2017-02-21 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-1-2-0-0
2017-02-16 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-02-15 Senate
S COW:Passed
2017-02-13 Senate
S Placed on General File
2017-02-13 Senate
S10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
2017-02-09 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor
2017-02-06 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2017-02-06 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 39-19-2-0-0
2017-02-03 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-02-02 House
H COW:Passed
2017-01-31 House
H Placed on General File
2017-01-31 House
H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2017-01-25 House
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
2017-01-24 House
H Received for Introduction
2017-01-23 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary
Bill No.:
HB0221
Effective
:
7/1/2017

LSO No.:
17LSO-0271

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0049

Chapter No.:
[Chapter Number_RO]

Prime Sponsor:
Burkhart

Catch Title:
Nonresident employer bonding requirements.

Subject:
I
ncreasing
the
bond or other security required for nonresident employers; expanding
the
application of bond or security funds; increasing the penalty for violations
.

Summary/Major Elements:

Nonresident employers that
expect to pay wages in the state of Wyoming in excess of
$10,000.00
monthly
,
or
$120,000.00
annually
,
as a result of conducting business
in
Wyoming
must post a surety bond or other security with the

D
epartment of
W
orkforce
S
ervices
.

This bill increases the bond or other security from
$10,000.00
to

$20,000.00
,
plus an additional
$2,000.00
for each
$120,000.00
or fraction thereof that the expected wages exceed
$120,000.00,
annually.

In addition to ensuring the payment of wages or other obligations, this bill specifies that the bond or other security shall
ensure payment of

any civil penalties assessed against the nonresident employer.

This bill increases the
monetary
penalty for noncompliance
with nonresident bonding and security requirements from $750.00 to $1000.00.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill
.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0221

ENROLLED ACT NO. 49,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2017 General Session

AN ACT relating to labor and employment; increasing bond or other security required for nonresident employers; expanding application of bond or security funds; increasing the penalty for violations; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 27
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1
‑
106(
b), (c)(i), by creating a new paragraph (ii)
and
by amending and renumbering (ii) as (iii)
and 27
‑
1
‑
107

are
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
civil penalties the occupational health and safety commission may assess
; 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)

Any other section under title 27 of Wy
oming statutes or any department of workforce services rule or regulation.

27
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1
‑
107
.

Nonresident employers to post bond; penalty.

Any person or persons, corporation, agent, manager or employer who shall violate
or
fail
to comply with
any of the provisions of W.S. 27
‑
1
‑
106 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall for each offense, be subject to a fine of not more than
seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00)
one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
, imprisonment
in the county jail
for not more than one (1) year, or both.

Section

2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
7
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk

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