BILL NUMBER: AB 2448	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 142 of the Labor Code, relating to
employment.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2448, as introduced, Jones. Division of Occupational Safety and
Health: enforcement.
   Existing law provides that the Division of Occupational Safety and
Health, within the Department of Industrial Relations, shall enforce
all occupational health and safety standards, as specified.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
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 142 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   142.  The Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall enforce
all occupational safety and health standards adopted pursuant to
this chapter, and those  heretofore  previously
 adopted by the Industrial Accident Commission or the Industrial
Safety Board. General safety orders heretofore adopted by the
Industrial Accident Commission or the Industrial Safety Board shall
continue to remain in effect, but they may be amended or repealed
pursuant to this chapter.