California Public Utilities Code 5378.1 – (a) Beginning July 1, 1990, and continuing thereafter, every …
(a) Beginning July 1, 1990, and continuing thereafter, every charter-party carrier shall file with the commission one of the following:
(1) A certificate of workers’ compensation coverage for its employees issued by an admitted insurer.
Terms Used In California Public Utilities Code 5378.1
- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission created by §. See California Public Utilities Code 20
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Public Utilities Code 10
(2) A certification of consent to self-insure issued by the Director of Industrial Relations.
(3) A statement under penalty of perjury, stating that, in its operations as a charter-party carrier, it does not employ any person in any manner so as to become subject to the workers’ compensation laws of this state.
(b) The workers’ compensation certified to under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall be effective until canceled. Cancellation shall require 30 days’ advance notice.
(c) If, after filing the statement described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), the carrier becomes subject to the workers’ compensation laws of this state, the carrier shall promptly notify the commission that the carrier is withdrawing its statement under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), and shall simultaneously file the certificate described in either paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a).
(d) The commission may adopt rules and regulations that it determines to be necessary to carry out this section.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1240, Sec. 6.)