BILL NUMBER: AB 1285	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Monning

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 51 of the Labor Code, relating to
employment.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1285, as introduced, Monning. Employment: Director of
Industrial Relations.
   Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations in
the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and designates the
Director of Industrial Relations as the executive officer in control
of the department. Under existing law, the director is appointed by
the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and his or
her compensation is determined under other provisions of existing
law.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision
relating to the Director of Industrial Relations.
   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 51 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   51.  The department shall be conducted under the control of an
executive officer known as  the  Director of Industrial
Relations. The Director of Industrial Relations shall be appointed by
the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and hold
office at the pleasure of the Governor  and   .
The Director of Industrial Relations  shall receive an annual
salary provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) of
Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.