BILL ANALYSIS
AB 2305
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 2305 (Knight)
As Amended August 18, 2010
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |62-11|(May 13, 2010) |SENATE: |31-0 |(August 20, |
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Original Committee Reference: B.,P. & C.P.
SUMMARY : Extends the sunset date, from January 1, 2011 to January 1,
2013, on existing law requiring a roofing contractor to obtain and
maintain workers' compensation insurance, even if he or she has no
employees; extends the parallel sunset date requiring the California
Department of Insurance (CDI) to report on this effect; and requires
automatic license suspension for licensees without proof of
insurance, as specified.
The Senate amendments :
1)Require automatic license suspension of any licensee whose license,
after January 1, 2011, is active and has had the C-39
classification removed, and who is found by the registrar to have
employees and lacks a valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation
Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance.
2)Reduce the sunset date by one year to January 1, 2013.
3)Require CDI to submit the specified report to the Legislature, and
require the report for the 2008 and 2009 calendar years be
submitted by March 1, 2012.
4)Make technical changes.
EXISTING LAW requires:
1)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 (CLSB) 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.
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2)A contractor, until January 1, 2011, 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.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill is substantially similar to the
version passed by the Senate.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations Committee,
pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
Analysis Prepared by : Sarah Weaver / B., P. & C.P. / (916)
319-3301
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0006355