BILL NUMBER: AB 2750	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


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

                        MARCH 13, 2014

   An act to amend Labor Code Section 2055, relating to car washes.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2750, as introduced, Committee on Labor and Employment. Car
washes.
   Existing law regulates the employment practices of car washes and
requires employers of car washers to register with the Labor
Commissioner and pay a specified registration fee, or be subject to a
specified civil fine. Existing law also requires employers of car
washers to post a $150,000 bond for the benefit of the state to
compensate employees damaged by the employer's nonpayment of wages,
except as specified.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
   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 2055 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   2055.  The commissioner  may   shall 
not permit any employer to register, nor may the commissioner permit
any employer to renew registration  ,  until all of the
following conditions are satisfied:
   (a) The employer has applied for registration to the commissioner
by presenting proof of compliance with the local government's
business licensing or regional regulatory requirements.
   (b) The employer has obtained a surety bond issued by a surety
company admitted to do business in this state. The principal sum of
the bond shall be not less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars
($150,000). The employer shall file a copy of the bond with the
commissioner.
   (1) The bond required by this section shall be in favor of, and
payable to the people of the State of California and shall be for the
benefit of any employee damaged by his or her employer's failure to
pay wages, interest on wages, or fringe benefits, or damaged by
violation of Section 351 or 353.
   (2) Thirty days  prior to   before  the
cancellation or termination of any surety bond required by this
section, the surety shall send written notice to both the employer
and the commissioner, identifying the bond and the date of the
cancellation or termination.
   (3) An employer  may   shall  not
conduct any business until the employer obtains a new surety bond and
files a copy of it with the commissioner.
   (4) This subdivision shall not apply to an employer covered by a
valid collective bargaining agreement, if the agreement expressly
provides for all of the following:
   (A) Wages.
   (B) Hours of work.
   (C) Working conditions.
   (D) An expeditious process to resolve disputes concerning
nonpayment of wages.
   (c) The employer has documented that a current workers'
compensation insurance policy is in effect for the employees.
   (d) The employer has paid the fees established pursuant to Section
2059.