§ 125. Issuance of building permits. No city, town or village shall
issue a building permit without obtaining from the permit applicant
either:

1. proof duly subscribed that workers' compensation insurance and
disability benefits coverage issued by an insurance carrier in a form
satisfactory to the chair of the workers' compensation board as provided
for in section fifty-seven of the workers' compensation law is
effective; or

2. an affidavit that such permit applicant has not engaged an employer
or any employees as those terms are defined in section two of the
workers' compensation law to perform work relating to such building
permit.