BILL NUMBER: SB 903	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wright

                        JANUARY 26, 2010

   An act to add Section 200.5 to the Labor Code, relating to
employment.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 903, as introduced, Wright. Penalty collections: limitations.
   Existing law provides that an action by the Division of Labor
Standards Enforcement within the Department of Industrial Relations
for collection of a statutory penalty or fee must be commenced within
one year after the penalty or fee became final.
   This bill would extend the period within which the division may
commence a collection action from one year to 3 years.
   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 200.5 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   200.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code or Section
340 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to collect a civil penalty, fee,
or penalty fee under this division, the Division of Labor Standards
Enforcement shall commence an action within three years from the date
the penalty of fee became final.
   (b) This section applies only to penalty assessments or fees for
which the three-year period prescribed in this section for the
collection of a civil penalty, fee, or penalty fee has not expired as
of the effective date of the act adding this section.