Senate Bill 135 Summary

• Authorizes the department of state revenue, department of labor, worker's compensation board, and department of workforce development to issue subpoenas and question witnesses under oath when investigating suspected improper worker classification by construction contractors.

• Allows the worker's compensation board to issue stop work orders against employers lacking required workers' compensation insurance or self-insurance, with service on a worksite affecting only that location and service on the employer affecting all noncompliant worksites.

• Imposes a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per day for employers violating a stop work order, with penalties deposited into the worker's compensation supplemental administrative fund.

• Permits employers to request reconsideration of stop work orders within 10 days and allows conditional release if the employer complies with insurance requirements and agrees to a payment schedule for assessed premiums and penalties.

• Effective July 1, 2017.