BILL NUMBER: AB 51	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Yamada

                        DECEMBER 6, 2010

   An act relating to payroll cards.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 51, as introduced, Yamada. Payroll cards.
   Existing law prohibits a person from issuing certain instruments
in payment of wages due unless specified circumstances are met.
   This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation to define "payroll card" and that would impose
restrictions on the use of those cards by an employer to pay his or
her employees' wages.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to define "payroll card" and to impose restrictions on
the use of those cards by an employer to pay his or her employees'
wages.