BILL NUMBER: SB 923	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lieu

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 7153 of the Labor Code, relating to
occupational safety.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 923, as introduced, Lieu. Occupational safety: scaffolding.
   Existing law places certain requirements on an employer when
scaffolding is used in connection with work upon any building or
structure. Existing law prohibits platforms or floors of the
scaffolding from being less than 14 inches in width and requires them
to be free from knots or fractures impairing their strength.
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the above
provisions.
   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.  Section 7153 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   7153.  Platforms or floors of  such   the
 scaffolding shall be not less than 14 inches in width and shall
be free from knots or fractures impairing their strength.