California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1451


Introduced by Assembly Member Chávez

February 27, 2015


An act to amend Section 3200 of the Labor Code, relating to workers’ compensation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1451, as introduced, Chávez. Workers’ compensation.

Existing law establishes a workers’ compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment, and provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that any use of the obsolete term “workmen’s compensation” be replaced in the law with the term “workers’ compensation.”

This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to the above 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 3200 of the Labor Code is amended to
2read:

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3200.  

The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the term
4“workmen’s compensation” shall hereafter also be known as
5“workers’ compensation, ” and that the “Workmen’s Compensation
6Appeals Board” shall hereafter be known as the “Workers’
P2    1Compensation Appeals Board.” In furtherance of this policy it is
2the desire of the Legislature that references to the terms
3“workmen’s compensation” and “Workmen’s Compensation
4Appeals Board” in this code or elsewhere be changed to “workers’
5compensation” and “Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board”
6whenbegin delete suchend deletebegin insert thoseend insert laws are being amended for any purpose. This
7act is declaratory and not amendatory of existing law.



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