CHAPTER 614

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
40-24.1, so as to require certain nonresident employers to notify the
Department of Labor and Industry that they are to do certain work
within this State; to require certain information; and to prescribe
penalties for violations.

[H 690]

Approved April 5, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
40-24.1, as follows:

§ 40-24.1. (a) Any employer domiciled without this State and per-
forming any demolition, excavation, installation, paving, repair, mainte-
nance, erection or construction work within this State for a fixed price,
commission, fee or percentage, when the cost of the undertaking, order,
contract or subcontract is not less than three hundred dollars nor more
than twenty thousand dollars, shall, prior to the commencement of each
such undertaking or the performance of each such order contract or sub-
contract, register with the Department of Labor and Industry, at Rich-
mond, on:such form as may be prescribed by said Department, providing
thereon the employer’s name and address, the name and address of the
employer’s chief officer or owner, the name and address of the person in
charge of tthe work being done, the type of work to be done, the date
work will commence, the specific location of the work, the name of the
person, firm, corporation, partnership or association for whom the work
is being performed, the cost of the undertaking or the amount of the
erder, contract or subcontract and the approximate number of persons
employed by the employer in said undertaking or performance, including
the rates of pay and the number of persons employed at each rate. Pro-
vided, however, nothing in this section shall apply to any such contractor
who is registered under the provisions of Title 54, Chapter 7, of the Code
of Virginia. Provided further, that any such employer may apply to the
Department for annual registration which, if granted, shall relieve such
employer from registration of each specific contract. Annual registration
may be granted if the Department shall ascertain that such employer has
a@ permanent and definite place of business outside this State.

(b) Any employer failing to register with the Department as re-
quired by this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five
ain dollars. Each day’s failure to register shall constitute a separate
offense.
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