Lab. Code, § 4151 · Chapter 8. Election to Be Subject to Compensation Liability
Lab. Code, § 4151
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Election on the part of the employer shall be made in one of the following ways:
(a) By insuring against liability for compensation, in which case he is deemed, as to all persons employed by him and covered by insurance, to have so elected during the period such insurance remains in force.
(b) By filing with the administrative director a statement to the effect that he accepts the compensation provisions of this division.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=4151.
- Text hash
- sha256 0cc574212f94178e330c875d838456bf79d202535b52ccda4c58eb304773e1d7
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
Cited by 2 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Lab. Code, § 4151. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.