BILL NUMBER: AB 1164	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lowenthal
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Roger Hernández)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act relating to liens.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1164, as introduced, Lowenthal. Liens: employees and workers.
   Existing law grants specified persons, including laborers, as
defined, who contribute labor, skill, or services to a work of
improvement the right to record a mechanic's lien upon the property
so improved.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would allow an employee or worker to record a lien
on the real or personal property of his or her employer if the
employer fails to pay the wages to which the employee or worker is
entitled.
   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 an employee or worker to record a lien
on the real or personal property of his or her employer if the
employer fails to pay the wages to which the employee or worker is
entitled.