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First Substitute S.B. 276

Senator Beverly Ann Evans proposes to substitute the following bill:


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WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR

             2     
PUBLIC SAFETY WORKERS DURING THE OLYMPICS

             3     
2001 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Sponsor: Beverly Ann Evans

             6      This act modifies the Labor Code. The act enacts the Olympic Law Enforcement and Public
             7      Safety Workers' Compensation Act. The act provides for workers' compensation coverage
             8      for law enforcement and public safety volunteers and paid officers who provide public safety
             9      services during the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 and the Paralympic Winter Games of
             10      2002. The act provides that the workers compensation coverage is the public safety officer's
             11      and public safety volunteer's exclusive remedy against their employers, as defined in the act.
             12      The act is repealed January 1, 2003.
             13      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             14      AMENDS:
             15          63-55b-134, as enacted by Chapter 79, Laws of Utah 1999
             16      ENACTS:
             17          34A-10-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             18          34A-10-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             19          34A-10-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             20          34A-10-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             21          34A-10-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             22          34A-10-302, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             23          34A-10-303, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             24      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             25          Section 1. Section 34A-10-101 is enacted to read:


             26     
CHAPTER 10. OLYMPIC LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY

             27     
WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT

             28     
Part 1. General Provisions

             29          34A-10-101. Title.
             30          This chapter is known as the "Olympic Law Enforcement and Public Safety Workers'
             31      Compensation Act."
             32          Section 2. Section 34A-10-102 is enacted to read:
             33          34A-10-102. Definitions.
             34          As used in this chapter:
             35          (1) "Command" means the Olympic Public Safety Command created in Section 53-12-201 .
             36          (2) "Exercises control over the general nature and quality of the public safety services"
             37      means to exercise or to have the right to exercise control over the nature and quality of the public
             38      safety services provided by the command in accordance with the public safety plan, including the
             39      authority to:
             40          (a) direct the command to correct deficiencies in the quality of public safety services being
             41      provided in accordance with the public safety plan;
             42          (b) coordinate with the command with respect to the number of public safety officers or
             43      public safety volunteers that are assigned at sites at which public safety services are being provided
             44      in accordance with the public safety plan; and
             45          (c) coordinate other services provided by the organizing committee with public safety
             46      services provided in accordance with the public safety plan.
             47          (3) "Olympics" means the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 to be hosted by Salt Lake City.
             48          (4) "Organizing committee" has the same meaning as in Section 63A-10-102 .
             49          (5) "Paralympics" means the Paralympic Winter Games of 2002 to be hosted by Salt Lake
             50      City.
             51          (6) "Public safety agency" means the following as defined in Section 53-12-102 :
             52          (a) a local law enforcement agency;
             53          (b) a local public safety agency;
             54          (c) a state law enforcement agency; or
             55          (d) state public safety agency.
             56          (7) (a) "Public safety officer" means an individual who provides public safety services in


             57      accordance with the public safety plan.
             58          (b) "Public safety officer" does not include:
             59          (i) a law enforcement or public safety officer employed by the federal government; or
             60          (ii) a public safety volunteer.
             61          (8) (a) "Public safety plan" means the written plan that:
             62          (i) provides for law enforcement and public safety services; and
             63          (ii) is required under Section 53-12-202 .
             64          (b) "Public safety plan" includes actions taken by the Olympic law enforcement
             65      commander under Subsection 53-12-301 (3) in providing public safety services for the Olympics
             66      or Paralympics.
             67          (9) "Public safety services" means law enforcement and public safety services as defined
             68      in Section 53-12-102 .
             69          (10) (a) "Public safety volunteer" means an individual who provides public safety services
             70      without pay in accordance with the public safety plan.
             71          (b) "Public safety volunteer" does not include a law enforcement or public safety officer
             72      employed by the federal government.
             73          (11) "Regular employer" means the state or political subdivision of the state that regularly
             74      employs and provides compensation to the public safety officer.
             75          (12) "Without pay" means to receive no remuneration other than:
             76          (a) meals;
             77          (b) a uniform;
             78          (c) transportation;
             79          (d) lodging; or
             80          (e) reimbursement for incidental expenses.
             81          Section 3. Section 34A-10-201 is enacted to read:
             82     
Part 2. Workers' Compensation for Olympic Public Safety Officers

             83          34A-10-201. Workers' compensation for Olympic public safety officers.
             84          (1) Subject to Subsection (2), the following are considered to be an employer of a public
             85      safety officer while the public safety officer is providing public safety services in accordance with
             86      the public safety plan:
             87          (a) the regular employer of the public safety officer;


             88          (b) the command if the command exercises or has the right to exercise supervision or
             89      control over the public safety officer in accordance with the public safety plan;
             90          (c) the organizing committee if the organizing committee exercises control over the
             91      general nature and quality of the public safety services provided in accordance with the public
             92      safety plan; and
             93          (d) a public safety agency that, in accordance with the public safety plan:
             94          (i) is designated to provide personnel in a supervisory capacity; and
             95          (ii) provides personnel who:
             96          (A) act in a supervisory capacity; and
             97          (B) exercise supervision or control over the public safety officer.
             98          (2) An entity listed in Subsection (1) is considered to be an employer of a public safety
             99      officer if the public safety officer's regular employer:
             100          (a) defines the scope of employment of a public safety officer to include allowing the
             101      public safety officer to provide public safety services in accordance with the public safety plan;
             102          (b) enters into a contract with the command to provide public safety officers in accordance
             103      with the public safety plan; and
             104          (c) provides workers' compensation coverage, in a manner provided in Section 34A-2-201 ,
             105      for the public safety officer that includes coverage for the public safety officer while providing
             106      public safety services in accordance with the public safety plan.
             107          (3) An employer described in Subsection (1) is considered to be an employer of a public
             108      safety officer for the purposes of:
             109          (a) workers' compensation coverage under Chapters 2 and 3; and
             110          (b) Chapter 8, Utah Injured Worker Reemployment Act.
             111          Section 4. Section 34A-10-202 is enacted to read:
             112          34A-10-202. Exclusive remedy -- Olympic public safety officers.
             113          A public safety officer's right under Chapters 2 and 3 to recover compensation against an
             114      employer described in Subsection 34A-10-201 (1), for accident, injury, or death in the course of,
             115      because of, or arising out of the public safety officer's providing public safety services in
             116      accordance with the public safety plan, is the public safety officer's exclusive remedy, as provided
             117      in Section 34A-2-105 , against an employer described in Subsection 34A-10-201 (1).
             118          Section 5. Section 34A-10-301 is enacted to read:


             119     
Part 3. Workers' Compensation for Olympic Public Safety Volunteers

             120          34A-10-301. Workers' compensation coverage for Olympic public safety volunteers.
             121          (1) For purposes of Subsection (2), the following are considered to be an employer of a
             122      public safety volunteer:
             123          (a) the command if:
             124          (i) the public safety volunteer provides public safety services in accordance with the public
             125      safety plan; and
             126          (ii) the command exercises or has the right to exercise supervision or control over the
             127      public safety volunteer in accordance with the public safety plan;
             128          (b) the organizing committee if the organizing committee exercises control over the
             129      general nature and quality of the public safety services provided in accordance with the public
             130      safety plan; and
             131          (c) a public safety agency that, in accordance with the public safety plan:
             132          (i) is designated to provide personnel in a supervisory capacity; and
             133          (ii) provides personnel who:
             134          (A) act in a supervisory capacity; and
             135          (B) exercise supervision or control over the public safety volunteer.
             136          (2) An employer described in Subsection (1) is considered to be an employer of a public
             137      safety volunteer for the purposes of:
             138          (a) workers' compensation coverage under Chapters 2 and 3; and
             139          (b) Chapter 8, Utah Injured Worker Reemployment Act.
             140          (3) A public safety volunteer's eligibility for the benefits described in Subsection (2) shall
             141      be determined in accordance with this chapter, notwithstanding:
             142          (a) Chapter 9, Olympic Volunteer Workers' Compensation Act; and
             143          (b) Title 67, Chapter 20, Volunteer Government Workers Act.
             144          Section 6. Section 34A-10-302 is enacted to read:
             145          34A-10-302. Exclusive remedy -- Olympic public safety volunteers.
             146          (1) (a) Subject to Subsection (2), a public safety volunteer's right under Chapters 2 and 3
             147      to recover compensation against an employer described in Subsection 34A-10-301 (1) or the regular
             148      employer of a public safety officer providing public safety services in accordance with the public
             149      safety plan for accident, injury, or death in the course of, because of, or arising out of the public


             150      safety volunteer's providing public safety services in accordance with the public safety plan, is the
             151      public safety volunteer's exclusive remedy, as provided in Section 34A-2-105 , against an employer
             152      described in Subsection 34A-10-301 (1) and the regular employer of a public safety officer
             153      providing public safety services in accordance with the public safety plan.
             154          (b) A public safety volunteer's exclusive remedy shall be determined in accordance with
             155      this part, notwithstanding:
             156          (i) Chapter 9, Olympic Volunteer Workers' Compensation Act; and
             157          (ii) Title 67, Chapter 20, Volunteer Government Workers Act.
             158          (2) Subsection (1) applies if:
             159          (a) before the public safety volunteer provides public safety services, the command:
             160          (i) notifies the public safety volunteer that the public safety volunteer is, for purposes of
             161      workers' compensation, an employee of the employers described in Subsection 34A-10-301 (1);
             162      and
             163          (ii) designates in writing that the public safety volunteer is to provide public safety services
             164      without pay; and
             165          (b) the command provides workers' compensation coverage for the public safety volunteer
             166      while engaged in providing public safety services in accordance with the public safety plan.
             167          Section 7. Section 34A-10-303 is enacted to read:
             168          34A-10-303. Average weekly wage for Olympic public safety volunteers.
             169          For purposes of computing compensation, the average weekly wage rate of a public safety
             170      volunteer considered an employee of an employer described in Subsection 34A-10-301 (1) is
             171      considered to be $400.
             172          Section 8. Section 63-55b-134 is amended to read:
             173           63-55b-134. Repeal dates -- Title 34A.
             174          (1) Title 34A, Chapter 9, Olympic Volunteer Workers' Compensation Act, is repealed on
             175      January 1, 2003.
             176          (2) Title 34A, Chapter 10, Olympic Law Enforcement and Public Safety Workers'
             177      Compensation Act, is repealed on January 1, 2003.


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