BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 856
Author: Wesson (D)
Amended: 9/10/01 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORG. COMMITTEE : 9-2, 7/3/01
AYES: Vincent, Chesbro, Dunn, Johannessen, Karnette,
Machado, O'Connell, Perata, Soto
NOES: Brulte, Knight
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 10-0, 9/6/01
AYES: Alpert, Battin, Bowen, Burton, Escutia, Johnson,
Karnette, Murray, Perata, Speier
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 48-27, 6/6/01 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Horse racing: backstretch employees
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill is technical cleanup which contains
clarifying language relating to AB 471 (Hertzberg), Chapter
198, Statutes of 2001.
ANALYSIS : Provisions adopted in 2001-02 Regular Session
(AB 471), which becomes effective January 1, 2002, direct
the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) to oversee the
conduct of a union and multiemployer collective bargaining
agent recognition procedure for backstretch employees.
They also provide that, within 120 days of the effective
date of those sections, the CHRB shall also adopt emergency
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regulations to establish standards governing the employee
housing provided to backstretch personnel at licensed
racetracks. No license shall be issued to a racing
association to conduct a horse race meeting unless the CHRB
has inspected the housing conditions that exist on the
racetrack's backstretch and determined the living
conditions to be in compliance with the standards
established by the CHRB.
This bill amends the provisions by deleting a provision
that authorizes the CHRB to contract with the Agricultural
Labor Relations Board and by adding specifics concerning
the authority of arbitrators used to resolve disputes
between parties to the collective bargaining agreements
created under these provisions and makes a clarifying
change.
This bill also amends provisions relating to inspection of
the living conditions of backstretch workers by providing
that the CHRB may be assisted by a local building
department or other local entity designated by the
jurisdiction in which the racetrack is located in
conducting these annual inspections to ensure compliance
with the standards it has established.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Unable to verify at time of writing)
Service Employees International Union
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
Oak Tree Racing Association
California Teamsters Public Affairs Council
Hotel Employees, Restaurant Employees International Union
Bay Meadows Racing Association
Los Angeles Turf Club, at Santa Anita
Golden Gate Fields Racing Association
Jockeys' Guild
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Alquist, Aroner, Calderon, Canciamilla, Cardenas,
Cardoza, Cedillo, Chan, Chavez, Chu, Cohn, Corbett,
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Correa, Diaz, Dutra, Florez, Frommer, Goldberg, Havice,
Horton, Jackson, Keeley, Kehoe, Koretz, Liu, Longville,
Lowenthal, Matthews, Migden, Nakano, Nation, Negrete
McLeod, Oropeza, Papan, Pavley, Pescetti, Salinas,
Shelley, Simitian, Steinberg, Strom-Martin, Thomson,
Vargas, Wayne, Wesson, Wiggins, Wright, Hertzberg
NOES: Aanestad, Ashburn, Bates, Bogh, Briggs, Bill
Campbell, John Campbell, Cogdill, Cox, Daucher,
Dickerson, Harman, Hollingsworth, Kelley, La Suer, Leach,
Leonard, Leslie, Maddox, Mountjoy, Robert Pacheco, Rod
Pacheco, Richman, Runner, Strickland, Wyland, Wyman
TSM:cm 9/11/01 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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