BILL NUMBER: AB 1505	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Labor and Employment (Assembly Members
Roger Hernández (Chair), Chu, Low, McCarty, and Thurmond)

                        MARCH 4, 2015

   An act to add Section 2066.5 to the Labor Code, relating to car
washes.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1505, as introduced, Committee on Labor and Employment. Car
washes.
   Existing law regulates the employment practices of car washes,
including providing specific recordkeeping requirements that
employers of car washers must implement with regard to car washer
wages, hours, and working conditions, under the enforcement authority
of the Division of Labor Standards and Enforcement. Existing law
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. Existing law also provides that a successor to
an employer that owed wages and penalties to the predecessor's
employees is liable for those wages and penalties under specified
circumstances.
   This bill would require a car wash employer to provide written
notice to a successor employer regarding the above provisions prior
to the sale or other transfer of the business.
   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 2066.5 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   2066.5.  An employer engaged in car washing and polishing shall
provide a successor with written notice of the provisions of this
part, including Section 2066, prior to the sale or other transfer of
the business.