BILL NUMBER: SB 1719	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  685
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 24, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 20, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cedillo
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Calderon)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Spitzer, Strickland, and Torrico)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2006

   An act to add Section 201.9 to the Labor Code, relating to payment
of wages.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1719, Cedillo  Payment of wages.
   Existing law provides that generally if an employee is discharged
or laid off, statutory time limits exist within which wages earned by
the employee are due and payable.
   This bill would permit specified employees working in the
entertainment industry and their employers to enter into a collective
bargaining agreement to establish a time limit for payment of wages
after an employee is discharged or laid off.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 201.9 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   201.9.  Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 201, if
employees are employed at a venue that hosts live theatrical or
concert events and are enrolled in and routinely dispatched to
employment through a hiring hall or other system of regular
short-term employment established in accordance with a bona fide
collective bargaining agreement, these employees and their employers
may establish by express terms in their collective bargaining
agreement the time limits for payment of wages to an employee who is
discharged or laid off.