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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- WORKERS' | |
COOPERATIVES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Williams, Giraldo, Alzate, Biah, Vella-Wilkinson, Hull, | |
Date Introduced: March 23, 2022 | |
Referred To: House Corporations | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 7-6.2 of the General Laws entitled "Workers' Cooperatives" is hereby |
2 | amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 7-6.2-3.1. Corporations organized for the purpose of furnishing skilled labor. |
4 | A corporation electing to be governed as a workers' cooperative, may in its articles of |
5 | incorporation or bylaws, indicate its intent to be so governed for the purpose of furnishing skilled |
6 | labor through its members performing contract labor for other entities; provided that, any individual |
7 | performing said labor does so under circumstances that demonstrate that the individual's |
8 | relationship to the contracting entity, is one of an independent contractor operating under the |
9 | control of the workers' cooperative corporation. |
10 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- WORKERS' | |
COOPERATIVES | |
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1 | This act would clarify the role of a workers' cooperative to allow it to operate as a hiring |
2 | hall under certain circumstances. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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