2005 Minnesota Statutes - 179.254 — Construction workers insurance benefit funds; definitions.

     179.254 Construction workers insurance benefit funds; 
  definitions. 


    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  For the purposes of sections 
 179.254 to 179.256, the following terms shall have the meanings 
 subscribed to them. 


    Subd. 2.    Benefit fund.  "Benefit fund" means any 
 trust fund established and operated for the purpose of providing 
 medical, hospitalization, and other types of insurance, and 
 other health, welfare and pension benefits for construction 
 workers. 


    Subd. 3.    Construction worker.  "Construction worker" 
 means any laborer or member of a trade who is employed in the 
 building or construction industry and who is engaged in, but not 
 limited to, any of the following occupations:  carpenters, 
 electricians, plumbers, bricklayers, masons, steamfitters, 
 pipefitters, iron workers, sheet metal workers, cement 
 finishers, laborers, operating engineers, lathers, plasterers, 
 painters, pipe coverers, and glaziers. 


    Subd. 4.    Member.  "Member" means any construction 
 worker who is qualified to receive benefits from a benefit fund 
 under the rules of that fund. 


    HIST: 1974 c 50 s 1; 1976 c 232 s 1; 1986 c 444