BILL NUMBER: AB 1384	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 16, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Labor and Employment (Roger Hernández
(Chair), Alejo, Chau, and Holden)

                        MARCH 4, 2013

   An act to add Section 2676.55 to the Labor Code, relating to
garment manufacturing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1384, Committee on Labor and Employment. Garment manufacturing:
civil penalties.
   Existing law requires every person engaged in the business of
garment manufacturing to register with the Labor Commissioner.
Existing law requires every person registered as a garment
manufacturer to display his or her name, address, and garment
manufacturing registration number on the front entrance of his or her
business, as specified.
   This bill would subject any person registered as a garment
manufacturer who fails to display his or her name, address, and
garment manufacturing registration number on the front entrance of
his or her business, as specified, to a civil penalty, as specified.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2676.55 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   2676.55.  (a) Any person who fails to comply with Section 2676.5
shall be subject to a civil penalty, for which a citation may be
issued as follows:
   (1) For an initial citation, one hundred dollars ($100) for each
calendar day that the person engages or has engaged in garment
manufacturing, as defined in Section 2671, without complying with
Section 2676.5.
   (2) For any subsequent citation, two hundred dollars ($200) for
each calendar day that the person engages or has engaged in garment
manufacturing, as defined in Section 2671, without complying with
Section 2676.5.
   (b) If, upon inspection or investigation, the Labor Commissioner
determines that a person has violated Section 2676.5, the Labor
Commissioner may issue a citation to the person in violation. The
procedures for issuing, contesting, and enforcing judgments for
citations or civil penalties issued by the Labor Commissioner for a
violation of Section 2676.5 shall be the same as those set out in
Section 2681.
   (c) The civil penalties provided for in this section are in
addition to any other civil or criminal penalty provided by law.