176.085 Compliance with workers' compensation insurance and unemployment insurance laws required. - Kentucky Statutes

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176.085 Compliance with workers' compensation insurance and unemployment insurance laws required. (1) No contract for building, construction, reconstruction, renovation, demolition, or other type work on any state road, waterway, or aviation-related work, shall be
awarded by any agency, department, or office of the Commonwealth of Kentucky or
any political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to any person until that
person shall assure, by affidavit, that all contractors and subcontractors employed,
or that will be employed, under the provisions of the contract shall be in compliance
with Kentucky requirements for workers' compensation insurance according to KRS
Chapter 342 and unemployment insurance according to KRS Chapter 341. (2) Any person who fails to comply with the assurances required under subsection (1) of this section, upon such finding by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined
an amount not to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000), or an amount equal to the
sum of uninsured and unsatisfied claims brought under the provisions of KRS
Chapter 342 and unemployment insurance claims for which no wages were reported
as required by KRS Chapter 341, whichever is greater. (3) The penalty imposed in subsection (2) of this section shall be enforced by the county attorney for the county in which the violation occurred. Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 174, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1990.