BILL NUMBER: AB 302	CHAPTERED  07/28/99

	CHAPTER   220
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 28, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 28, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   JULY 15, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   MAY 27, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 25, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Floyd

                        FEBRUARY 8, 1999

   An act to amend Section 1720.3 of the Labor Code, relating to
public works.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 302, Floyd.  Public works:  prevailing wages.
   (1) Existing law defines the term "public works" for purposes of
requirements regarding the payment of prevailing wages, the
regulation of working hours, and the securing of workers'
compensation for public works projects.  Existing law further
requires that, except as specified, not less than the general
prevailing rate of per diem wages be paid to workers employed on
public works and imposes misdemeanor penalties for a violation of
this requirement.
   Existing law provides that for the purposes of provisions of law
relating to the payment of prevailing wages, "public works" means,
among other things, the hauling of refuse from a public works site to
an outside disposal location with respect to contracts involving any
state agency, including the California State University and the
University of California.
   This bill would revise the definition of "public works" for these
purposes to include the hauling of refuse from a public works site to
an outside disposal location with respect to contracts involving any
political subdivision of the state, thereby requiring the payment of
prevailing wages in connection with all such contracts involving any
local public entity.
   Because the violation of prevailing wage requirements by local
public entities when engaged in these public works projects would
result in the imposition of misdemeanor penalties, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
  (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state.  Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1720.3 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   1720.3.  For the limited purposes of Article 2 (commencing with
Section 1770), "public works" also means the hauling of refuse from a
public works site to an outside disposal location, with respect to
contracts involving any state agency, including the California State
University and the University of California, or any political
subdivision of the state.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the
only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district
will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction,
eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime
or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government
Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.