§ 57. Restriction on issue of permits and the entering into contracts\nunless compensation is secured. 1. The head of a state or municipal\ndepartment, board, commission or office authorized or required by law to\nissue any permit for or in connection with any work involving the\nemployment of employees in a hazardous employment defined by this\nchapter, and notwithstanding any general or special statute requiring or\nauthorizing the issue of such permits, shall not issue such permit\nunless proof duly subscribed by an insurance carrier is produced in a\nform satisfactory to the chair, that compensation for all employees has\nbeen secured as provided by this chapter. Nothing herein, however, shall\nbe construed as creating any liability on the part of such state or\nmunicipal department, board, commission or office to pay any\ncompensation to any such employee if so employed.\n 2. The head of a state or municipal department, board, commission or\noffice authorized or required by law to enter into any contract for or\nin connection with any work involving the employment of employees in a\nhazardous employment defined by this chapter, notwithstanding any\ngeneral or special statute requiring or authorizing any such contract,\nshall not enter into any such contract unless proof duly subscribed by\nan insurance carrier is produced in a form satisfactory to the chair,\nthat compensation for all employees has been secured as provided by this\nchapter.\n
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