CHAPTER 602

An Act to amend and reenact § 65-82 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to voluntary election to be bound by the Workmen’s Compensation

Act.
[H 758]
Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

a That § 65-32 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 65-32. Those employers and employees not subject to this act may,
by complying with the provisions of the act and the applicable rules of
the Industrial Commission, voluntarily elect to be bound by it as to acci-
dents or occupational diseases or both.

Every employer taking out a Workmen’s Compensation Insurance
policy, or qualifying as a self-insurer, shall be subject to all the provisions
of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, regardless of the number of em-
ployees or whether he is an employer of farm and horticultural laborers
and domestic servants. Such employers not otherwise covered by the act
shall be subject to the act only during the period covered by such insur-
ance. Every employee of an employer who has complied with the foregoing
requirements shall be subject to all the provisions of the act unless and
until he notifies the Industrial Commission that he elects not to be bound by
the provisions thereof, in which case the provisions of § 65-40 shall be
applicable.