BILL NUMBER: SB 1438	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 53 of the Labor Code, relating to
employment.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1438, as introduced, DeSaulnier. Employment.
   Existing law defines the phrase "head of the department" to refer
to the Director of Industrial Relations in specified circumstances.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
   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 53 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   53.  Whenever in Section 1001 or in Part 1 (commencing with
Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code "head
of the department" or similar designation occurs, the  same
shall   phrase shall mean  , for the purposes of
this code,  mean  the director, except that in
respect to matters which by the express provisions of this code are
committed to or retained under the jurisdiction of the Division of
Workers' Compensation, the State Compensation Insurance Fund, the
Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, the Occupational
Safety and Health Appeals Board, or the Industrial Welfare Commission
the designation shall mean the Division of Workers' Compensation,
the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation,
the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, the State Compensation
Insurance Fund, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board,
the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board, or the Industrial
Welfare Commission, as the case may be.