BILL NUMBER: AB 2305	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Knight
    (   Principal coauthor:   Senator 
 Runner   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 7125 of the Business and Professions Code,
  and to amend Section 11665 of the Insurance Code, 
relating to contractors.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2305, as amended, Knight. Contractors: workers' compensation
insurance coverage. 
   Existing 
    (1)     Existing  law requires private
employers to secure the payment of compensation by obtaining and
maintaining workers' compensation insurance or to self-insure as an
individual employer or as one employer in a group of employers. The
Contractors' State License Law requires every licensed contractor to
have on file at all times with the Contractors' State License Board a
current and valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance or
Certification of Self-Insurance, or a statement certifying that he or
she has no employees and is not required to obtain or maintain
workers' compensation insurance coverage. Existing law, until January
1, 2011, requires a contractor with a C-39 roofing classification to
obtain and maintain workers' compensation insurance even if he or
she has no employees. Failure to comply with this requirement results
in the automatic suspension of the license. However, with respect to
a license that was active on January 1, 2007, and included a C-39
roofing classification, existing law, until January 1, 2011, requires
the registrar of contractors, in lieu of suspending the license, to
remove the C-39 roofing classification from the license if the
contractor does not have workers' compensation insurance coverage.
   This bill would extend the operation of those provisions until
January 1, 2016, with respect to a license that is active on January
1, 2011, with a C-39 roofing classification. 
   (2) Existing law requires an insurer who issues a workers'
compensation insurance policy to a roofing contractor holding a C-39
license from the Contractors' State License Board to perform an
annual payroll audit for the contractor. Existing law requires the
Insurance Commissioner to direct the rating organization designated
as his or her statistical agent to compile pertinent statistical data
on those holding C-39 licenses on an annual basis and to provide a
report to the commissioner each year. Existing law provides that
these provisions are inoperative and repealed on January 1, 2011.
 
   This bill would extend the operation of these provisions until
January 1, 2016. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 7125 of the Business and Professions Code, as
amended by Section 1 of Chapter 38 of the Statutes of 2006, is
amended to read:
   7125.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the board shall
require as a condition precedent to the issuance, reinstatement,
reactivation, renewal, or continued maintenance of a license, that
the applicant or licensee have on file at all times a current and
valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance or Certification
of Self-Insurance. A Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance
shall be issued and filed, electronically or otherwise, by one or
more insurers duly licensed to write workers' compensation insurance
in this state. A Certification of Self-Insurance shall be issued and
filed by the Director of Industrial Relations. If reciprocity
conditions exist, as defined in Section 3600.5 of the Labor Code, the
registrar shall require the information deemed necessary to assure
compliance with this section.
   (b) This section does not apply to an applicant or licensee who
meets both of the following conditions:
   (1) Has no employees provided that he or she files a statement
with the board on a form prescribed by the registrar prior to the
issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, or continued maintenance of a
license, certifying that he or she does not employ any person in any
manner so as to become subject to the workers' compensation laws of
California or is not otherwise required to provide for workers'
compensation insurance coverage under California law.
   (2) Does not hold a C-39 license, as defined in Section 832.39 of
Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations.
   (c) No Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance,
Certification of Self-Insurance, or exemption-certificate is required
of a holder of a license that has been inactivated on the official
records of the board during the period the license is inactive.
   (d) The insurer, including the State Compensation Insurance Fund,
shall report to the registrar the following information for any
policy required under this section: name, license number, policy
number, dates that coverage is scheduled to commence and lapse, and
cancellation date if applicable.
   (e) For any license that, on January 1, 2011, is active and
includes a C-39 classification in addition to any other
classification, the registrar shall, in lieu of the automatic license
suspension otherwise required under this article, remove the C-39
classification from the license unless a valid Certificate of Workers'
Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance is
received by the registrar.
   (f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  Section 7125 of the Business and Professions Code, as
added by Section 2 of Chapter 38 of the Statutes of 2006, is amended
to read:
   7125.  (a) The board shall require as a condition precedent to the
issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued
maintenance of a license, that the applicant or licensee have on file
at all times a current and valid Certificate of Workers'
Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance. A
Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance shall be issued and
filed, electronically or otherwise, by one or more insurers duly
licensed to write workers' compensation insurance in this state. A
Certification of Self-Insurance shall be issued and filed by the
Director of Industrial Relations. If reciprocity conditions exist, as
defined in Section 3600.5 of the Labor Code, the registrar shall
require the information deemed necessary to assure compliance with
this section.
   (b) This section does not apply to an applicant or licensee who
has no employees provided that he or she files a statement with the
board on a form prescribed by the registrar prior to the issuance,
reinstatement, reactivation, or continued maintenance of a license,
certifying that he or she does not employ any person in any manner so
as to become subject to the workers' compensation laws of California
or is not otherwise required to provide for workers' compensation
insurance coverage under California law.
   (c) No Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance,
Certification of Self-Insurance, or exemption-certificate is required
of a holder of a license that has been inactivated on the official
records of the board during the period the license is inactive.
   (d) The insurer, including the State Compensation Insurance Fund,
shall report to the registrar the following information for any
policy required under this section: name, license number, policy
number, dates that coverage is scheduled to commence and lapse, and
cancellation date, if applicable.
   (e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.
   SEC. 3.    Section 11665 of the   Insurance
Code   is amended to read: 
   11665.  (a) An insurer who issues a workers' compensation
insurance policy to a roofing contractor holding a C-39 license from
the Contractors State License Board shall perform an annual payroll
audit for the contractor. The insurer may impose a surcharge on each
policyholder audited under this subdivision in an amount necessary to
recoup the reasonable costs of conducting the annual payroll audits.

   (b) The commissioner shall direct the rating organization
designated as his or her statistical agent to compile pertinent
statistical data on those holding C-39 licenses, as reported by the
appropriate state entity, on an annual basis and provide a report to
him or her each year. The data shall track the total annual payroll
and loss data reported on those holding C-39 licenses in accordance
with the standard workers' compensation insurance classifications
applicable to roofing operations.  The first report shall be
filed no later than March 1, 2008, and shall cover the data compiled
for the 2005 calendar year. 
   (c) This section  shall become operative on January 1,
2007, and  shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2011   2016  , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2011   2016  , deletes or
extends that date.