BILL NUMBER: AB 2021	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gordon

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 103396 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2021, as amended, Gordon. San Mateo County Transit District.
   Existing law creates the San Mateo County Transit District with
various powers and duties relative to transportation projects and
services in the County of San Mateo. Existing law authorizes the
district to utilize the Construction Manager/General Contractor
project delivery contract method for transit projects within its
jurisdiction, subject to certain conditions and requirements.
Existing law requires the district to comply with certain prevailing
wage requirements with respect to that contract method, which
requirements are monitored and enforced by the Department of
Industrial Relations, or alternatively to elect to enter into a
collective bargaining agreement that binds all of the contractors
performing work on the project and that includes a mechanism for
resolving disputes about the payment of wages.
   This bill would additionally authorize the district to meet its
obligations under this provision by continuing to operate an existing
previously approved labor compliance program  , subject to
  if it has not contracted with a 3rd party to conduct
its labor compliance program and requests and receives  approval
 of   from  the Department of Industrial
Relations  , as specified   to continue the
existing program  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 103396 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   103396.  (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), the district
shall comply with subdivision (f) of Section 1771.5 of the Labor Code
and shall reimburse the Department of Industrial Relations for its
reasonable and directly related costs of performing prevailing wage
monitoring and enforcement on public works projects pursuant to rates
established by the department as set forth in subdivision (h) of
Section 1771.5 of the Labor Code on projects using the CMGC project
delivery method under this article. All moneys collected pursuant to
this subdivision shall be deposited in the State Public Works
Enforcement Fund, created by Section 1771.3 of the Labor Code, and
shall be used only for enforcement of prevailing wage requirements on
those projects.
   (b) In lieu of complying with subdivision (a), the district may
either  (1)  elect to continue operating an existing
previously approved labor compliance program to monitor and enforce
prevailing wage requirements on the project if it  has not
contracted with a third party to conduct its labor compliance program
and  requests and receives approval from the Department of
Industrial Relations to continue the existing program or  (2)
 enter into a collective bargaining agreement that binds all of
the contractors performing work on the project and that includes a
mechanism for resolving disputes about the payment of wages.