BILL NUMBER: AB 2517	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eng

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act relating to employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2517, as introduced, Eng. Employment: payment of wages: liens.
    Existing law provides that specified persons, including laborers,
as defined, who contribute labor, skill, or services to a work of
improvement, shall have a mechanic's lien upon the property so
improved.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would allow employees and workers to record a lien
on the real or personal property of their employer if that employer
refuses to pay their 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 that would allow employees and workers to record a lien
on the real or personal property of their employer if that employer
refuses to pay their wages.