BILL NUMBER: AB 2707	CHAPTERED  09/29/00

	CHAPTER   877
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 29, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 28, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 29, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JUNE 1, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 26, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 28, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Florez

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2000

   An act to add Section 1682.7 to the Labor Code, relating to farm
labor contractors.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2707, Florez.  Farm labor contractors.
   Under existing law, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement in
the Department of Industrial Relations, under the direction of the
Labor Commissioner, enforces and administers the licensing and
supervision of farm labor contractors.  The division is required to
maintain offices in specified locations, including Fresno.
   This bill would specifically require the Labor Commissioner to
ensure that the office maintained in Fresno has suitable facilities
and sufficient personnel for the examination and licensing of farm
labor contractors and for the processing of complaints against farm
labor contractors or any agent of a farm labor contractor.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 1682.7 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   1682.7.  The Labor Commissioner shall ensure that the office
maintained in Fresno has suitable facilities and sufficient personnel
for the examination and licensing of farm labor contractors and for
the processing of complaints against farm labor contractors or any
agent of a farm labor contractor.