Section 56806 - Workers' compensation insurance(a) A contract executed by a township or an officer of a township, which involves the construction or doing of work involving the employment of labor, shall contain a provision that the contractor shall accept, insofar as the work covered by the contract is concerned, the provisions of the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L. 736, No. 338), known as the "Workers' Compensation Act," and any supplements or amendments to the act, and that the contractor will insure the contractor's liability under the act and will file with the township with which the contract is made a certificate of exemption from insurance from the Bureau of Workers' Compensation of the Department of Labor and Industry. The certificate of exemption from insurance may be issued on the basis of either individual self-insurance or group self-insurance. Additionally, a contractor shall file with the township with which the contract is made any applications to be excepted by the provisions of the "Workers' Compensation Act" in respect to certain employees on religious grounds if the applications have been accepted by the Department of Labor and Industry.(b) A contract executed in violation of subsection (a) is void.1931, June 24, P.L. 1206, art. XVIII, § 1806. Amended 1933, May 31, P.L. 1096, § 1; 1949, May 27, P.L. 1955, § 38; 2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 782, No. 96, § 66.1, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020].