Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 2319 - Compliance with Workers' Compensation Law(a) All contracts executed by the commissioners, which involve the construction or doing of any work involving the employment of labor, shall contain a provision that the contractor shall accept, in so far as the work covered by any such contract is concerned, the provisions of the act of June 2, 1915 ( P.L. 736, No.338), known as the "Workers' Compensation Act," and that the contractor will insure his liability thereunder or file with the commissioners a certificate of exemption from insurance from the Department of Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth. (b) The commissioners, before signing on behalf of the county any contract requiring in its performance the employment of labor, shall require proof that the said contractor with whom the contract is made shall have accepted the Workers' Compensation Act and any reenactments, supplements or amendments thereto, and proof that the contractor has complied with the provisions of subsection (a).(c) Any contract executed in violation of the provisions of this section shall be null and void.Amended by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 154, § 93, eff. 12/24/2018.1955, Aug. 9, P.L. 323, § 2319. Amended 2000, Dec. 22, P.L. 1019, No. 142, § 16, effective in 60 days.