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



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



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



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



(4)  Provides up to eighty hours of volunteer labor or
services 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 and
services from emergency or transitional shelter volunteers.



(c)  In addition to any exemptions granted to
nonpaid labor, emergency or transitional shelter volunteers who acknowledge in
writing that they are emergency or transitional shelter volunteers, shall not
be construed to be in the employ of the provider agency operating or managing
the shelter.  The volunteers' labor and services provided to the provider
agency operating or managing the shelter shall not be construed to constitute
employment, and the volunteers shall not be construed to be employees of the
provider agency operating or managing the shelter, under any labor law. [L
2006, c 180, pt of §2]