Public Act No. 00-192

An Act Concerning Individual Development Accounts, Correctional Facility And Juvenile Detention Center Projects, The Office Of Workforce Competitiveness, Payments In Lieu Of Taxes, Grant Payments From The Mashantucket Pequot And Mohegan Fund, Waste Water Treatment Grants, An Inflationary Increase For Certain Private Providers, The State-Wide Firearms Trafficking Task Force, Education Technology, Arts Grants, School Accountability, Regional Educational Service Centers Operating One Or More Interdistrict Magnet Schools, Land Surveyors, Appraisers, Casino Permits, Caterer Liquor Permits, Home Improvement Contractors, Family And Medical Leave, Competitive Transition Assessments, Vocational Agriculture Centers, Applications For Tax Exemptions, Emergency Relief Grants, And A Deferred Retirement Option Plan For Municipalities Participating In The Municipal Employees Retirement Fund.

Included below is the one section of this Public Act which is workers' compensation-related.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Sec. 60. Section 20-507 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:

A certified, licensed, [tenured] limited or provisional appraiser shall not be considered an employee under the provisions of section 31-275, as amended, if substantially all of the remuneration for the services performed by such appraiser, whether paid in cash or otherwise, is directly related to sales or other output rather than to the number of hours worked, and such services are performed by the appraiser pursuant to a written contract that contains the following provisions: (1) The appraiser, for purposes of workers' compensation, is engaged as an independent contractor associated with the person for whom services are performed; (2) The appraiser shall not receive any remuneration related to the number of hours worked, and shall not be treated as an employee with respect to such services for purposes of workers' compensation; (3) The appraiser shall be permitted to work any hours [he] the appraiser chooses; (4) The appraiser shall be permitted to work out of [his] the appraiser's own home or the office of the person for whom services are performed; (5) The appraiser shall be free to engage in outside employment; (6) The person for whom the services are performed may provide office facilities and supplies for the use of the appraiser, but the appraiser shall otherwise pay [his] the appraiser's own expenses, including, but not limited to, automobile, travel and entertainment expenses; and (7) The contract may be terminated by either party at any time upon notice given to the other.

Approved May 26, 2000

State of Connecticut
Workers' Compensation Commission
Page last revised: December 19, 2000
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