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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-28 > Chapter-28-29 > 28-29-8SECTION 28-29-8
§ 28-29-8 Election by exempt employers tobe subject to law. – (a) Employers exempted by § 28-29-7 may come within chapters 29 – 38of this title by election. The election on the part of the employer shall bemade by filing with the director a written statement to the effect that he orshe accepts the provisions of those chapters. The filing of this statementshall operate to subject the employer to the provisions of those chapters andall acts amending those chapters for the term of one year from the date of thefiling of the statement, and after that, without further act on his or herpart, for successive terms of one year each, unless the employer shall, atleast sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of that first or any succeedingyear file with the director a notice, in writing, to the effect that he or shewithdraws his or her election to be subject to the provisions of thosechapters, and gives reasonable notice of this to his workers; provided, thatany employer now subject to the provisions of those chapters shall not berequired to file a further written statement of acceptance or subsequently postnotices of his or her acceptance.
(b) Any employer, including any corporation officer, who ison December 31, 1998 subject to the provisions of chapters 29 – 38 of thistitle and who has not waived his or her coverage pursuant to § 28-29-17 orby election, shall continue to be subject to those chapters and amendments tothem unless or until he or she withdraws, in writing, his or her election to besubject to the provisions of those chapters pursuant to the provisions ofsubsection (a) of this section.
