BILL NUMBER: AB 850	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 6323 of the Labor Code, relating to
employment.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 850, as introduced, Ridley-Thomas. Safety in employment.
   Existing law authorizes the Division of Occupational Safety and
Health to seek an injunction from the superior court of local
jurisdiction when any employment or place of employment, or machine,
or other equipment constitutes a serious menace to the lives or
safety of persons in proximity to the hazard.
   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 6323 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   6323.  If the condition of any employment or place of employment
or the operation of  any   a  machine,
device, apparatus, or equipment constitutes a serious menace to the
lives or safety of persons about it, the division may apply to the
superior court of the county in which  such  
the  place of employment, machine, device, apparatus, or
equipment is situated, for an injunction restraining the use or
operation thereof until  such   the 
condition is corrected.