§1045.  Persons exempt from coverage

A.(1)  This Chapter shall not apply to, and there is specific exclusion from the operation thereof for, all members of the crew of any airplane engaged in dusting or spraying operations insofar as such members of an airplane crew might be regarded as independent contractors, subcontractors, or employees of any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the principal business of agriculture or farming operations.

(2)  All rights of employers and employees in tort are reserved to the parties.

B.(1)  The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not exempt or in any way apply to independent contractors, subcontractors, or employees of any person, firm, partnership, or corporation engaged in the business of applying any products by use of aircraft, either fixed wing or rotor craft, in connection with commercial agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural, silvicultural, floricultural, or agronomic operations or vegetation suppression.

(2)  The provisions of this Subsection shall apply to all independent contractors, subcontractors, and employees of such businesses irrespective of whether such person would be considered a member of the crew of such aircraft.

Added by Acts 1954; No. 222, §1.  Amended by Acts 1966, No. 86, §1; Acts 1995, No. 138, §1.