BILL NUMBER: SB 1109	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hueso

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act relating to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1109, as introduced, Hueso. Public contracts: integrated
employment.
   Existing law establishes specified requirements applicable to
contracts entered into by state agencies, as provided. Existing law
establishes a minimum wage for all industries but permits mentally or
physically handicapped persons to be employed at less than the
minimum wage, under specified circumstances.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to provide that the state serve as a model for employers
in California in increasing competitive integrated employment for
individuals with disabilities by prohibiting the entering into of
contracts by the state with organizations that pay employees with
disabilities less than the minimum wage.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to provide that the state serve as a model for employers
in California in increasing competitive integrated employment for
individuals with disabilities by prohibiting the entering into of
contracts by the state with organizations that pay employees with
disabilities less than the minimum wage.