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OK SB1995
Bill
Status
2/1/2010
Primary Sponsor
Anthony Sykes
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AI Summary
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Amends 85 O.S. 2001, Section 12 regarding workers' compensation liability to clarify existing language and provisions related to employer immunity from lawsuits.
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Reformats numbered provisions (i) through (v) as numbered paragraphs 1 through 5 without changing substantive legal content regarding immunity exceptions and loaned servant doctrine.
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Maintains that workers' compensation immunity does not extend to actions against other employers on the same job or to negligent preparation of design plans by architects, engineers, or surveyors.
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Preserves the loaned servant doctrine in its existing form and clarifies that nothing in the section abrogates rights under the Oklahoma Constitution.
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Effective date: November 1, 2010.
Legislative Description
Workers' compensation; clarifying language. Effective date.
Workers Compensation
Last Action
Second Reading referred to Rules
2/2/2010