BILL NUMBER: SB 777	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lieu

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 7601 of the Labor Code, relating to
handtrucks.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 777, as introduced, Lieu. Employment safety: handtrucks.
   Existing law provides that handtrucks shall be maintained in a
safe condition, with handles free of hazardous burrs, splinters,
cracks, or splits.
   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 7601 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   7601.  Handtrucks shall be  maintained   kept
 in a safe condition by the employer. Handles shall be 
maintained   kept  free of hazardous burrs,
splinters, cracks ,  or splits.