Exempts owner-operators and contracted drivers of motor vehicles from the definition of "employment" for the Department of Workforce Services law.

Amends the Department of Workforce Services Law by adding an additional subdivision stating that service performed by an owner-operator that provides a motor vehicle and the services of a driver to a motor carrier under a written contract shall not be considered an employee of the motor carrier for purposes of employment security taxation or compensation.

Effective 1/1/2018.

03/06/2017 Filed. Read first time. Rules suspended. Read second time. Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.
03/13/2017 Returned to Senate by Committee, with recommendation for passage.
03/14/2017 Read the third time and passed Senate.
03/14/2017 Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
03/14/2017 Received in House.
03/15/2017 Read first time. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor.
03/28/2017 Returned to House by the Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor with recommendation for passage as amended.
03/29/2017 Reported correctly engrossed to House.
03/30/2017 Read third time in House. Passed. Ordered transmitted to Senate.
03/30/2017 Returned to Senate as amended and passed by House.
03/31/2017 Returned to Senate as passed and amended. Re-referred to Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. Returned by Committee with recommendation that it pass in concurrence with House Amendment 1.
04/03/2017 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
04/03/2017 House amendment 1 read first time in Senate. Read second time and concurred in.
04/03/2017 Read third time and passed Senate.
04/03/2017 Ordered enrolled in Senate.
04/03/2017 Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
04/03/2017 Delivered to Governor.
04/10/2017 Notification that bill is now Act 1115.