BILL NUMBER: AB 1127	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  820
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 25, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 5, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Shirley Horton

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to amend Section 1102.8 of the Labor Code, relating to
whistleblowers, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1127, Shirley Horton.  Whistleblower protection.
   Existing law requires employers to prominently display in
lettering larger than size 14 pica type a list of employees' rights
and responsibilities under the whistleblower laws.
   This bill instead would require that the lettering of the list be
larger than size 14 point type.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1102.8 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   1102.8.  (a) An employer shall prominently display in lettering
larger than size 14 point type a list of employees' rights and
responsibilities under the whistleblower laws, including the
telephone number of the whistleblower hotline described in Section
1102.7.
   (b) Any state agency required to post a notice pursuant to Section
8548.2 of the Government Code or subdivision (b) of Section 6128 of
the Penal Code shall be deemed in compliance with the posting
requirement set forth in subdivision (a) if the notice posted
pursuant to Section 8548.2 of the Government Code or subdivision (b)
of Section 6128 of the Penal Code also contains the whistleblower
hotline number described in Section 1102.7.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to allow the production of signs that comply with legal
requirements and can be posted to inform employees of their rights
and responsibilities under the whistleblower laws at the earliest
possible time, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.