Senate BillNo. 666


Introduced by Senator Steinberg

February 22, 2013


An act to amend Section 53 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 666, as introduced, Steinberg. Employment.

Existing law defines the phrase “head of the department” to refer to the Director of Industrial Relations in specified circumstances.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 53 of the Labor Code is amended to read:

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53.  

Whenever in Section 1001begin insert ofend insert or in Part 1 (commencing
3with Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 ofbegin insert,end insert the Government
4Code “head of the department” or similar designation occurs, the
5begin delete same shallend deletebegin insert phrase shall meanend insert, for the purposes of this code,begin delete meanend delete
6 the director, except that in respect to matters which by the express
7provisions of this code are committed to or retained under the
8jurisdiction of the Division of Workers’ Compensation, the State
9Compensation Insurance Fund, the Occupational Safety and Health
10Standards Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals
11Board, or the Industrial Welfare Commission the designation shall
12mean the Division of Workers’ Compensation, the Administrative
13Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation, the Workers’
P2    1Compensation Appeals Board, the State Compensation Insurance
2Fund, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, the
3Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board, or the Industrial
4Welfare Commission, as the case may be.



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