[§356D-130]  Emergency or transitionalshelter volunteers.  (a)  For the purposes of this section, "emergencyor transitional shelter volunteer" means an individual who:

(1)  Is a tenant at an emergency or transitionalshelter administered pursuant to this part;

(2)  Is not an employee of the provider agencyoperating or managing the shelter;

(3)  Is under the direction of the provider agencyoperating or managing the shelter and not the authority or the State; and

(4)  Provides up to eighty hours of volunteer labor orservices per month to the provider agency operating or managing the shelter,notwithstanding payment of stipends or credits for the labor and services.

(b)  Provider agencies may accept labor andservices from emergency or transitional shelter volunteers.

(c)  In addition to any exemptions granted tononpaid labor, emergency or transitional shelter volunteers who acknowledge inwriting that they are emergency or transitional shelter volunteers, shall notbe construed to be in the employ of the provider agency operating or managingthe shelter.  The volunteers' labor and services provided to the provideragency operating or managing the shelter shall not be construed to constituteemployment, and the volunteers shall not be construed to be employees of theprovider agency operating or managing the shelter, under any labor law. [L2006, c 180, pt of §2]