For purposes of determining whether a person that awards a contract to another person is responsible for providing workers’ compensation coverage to individuals who perform labor under the contract, the provisions of ORS 656.029 do not apply if, before labor under the contract commences, the other person:

1. (1) Has a construction contractor license issued by the Construction Contractors Board and performing the work of the contract requires a construction contractor license under ORS chapter 701; or
2. (2) Has a landscape contracting business license issued by the State Landscape Contractors Board and performing the work of the contract requires a landscape contracting business license under ORS 671.510 to 671.760.

[1989 c.870 §13; 1999 c.402 §7; 2007 c.836 §48; 2021 c.21 §1]