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                                                                  SB 1370
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          Date of Hearing:   August 8, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

               SB 1370 (Berryhill) - As Introduced:  February 24, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                             Education Vote:7-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires the Director of the Department of Industrial 
          Relations (DIR) to post a list of every California code section 
          and the language of those sections that relate to the prevailing 
          wage and per diem requirements for workers employed on a public 
          work project on DIR's web site on or before June 1, 2013 and 
          update this list annually, as specified.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Annual, minor, absorbable costs to DIR to implement the 
          requirements of this bill.  

           COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale  .  According to the author, "Currently there are 
            dozens of statutes scattered throughout California Codes that 
            mandate payment of prevailing wage on a variety of projects.  
            There is no one specific location where all projects subject 
            to state mandated prevailing wage are listed. SB 1370 
            increases government transparency by setting out a process 
            �that requires DIR] to post a list of every California code 
            section and the language of those sections that relate to the 
            prevailing wage rate requirements for workers employed on a 
            public work on �its] Internet Web site?on or before June 1, 
            2013, and update that list each February 1 thereafter."

           2)Need  .  DIR currently has public works information included on 
            its web site, including access to information regarding 
            applicable statues, how to file a complaint, and monitoring 
            information.  Likewise, it recently launched a web portal:  
             www.calpublicworks.com  .  This portal can be accessed from 








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            DIR's web site and provides information for agencies awarding 
            public works projects, including relevant statue and 
            regulations that govern these projects.  Therefore, the need 
            to require DIR to post a list of every California Code section 
            is not clear. It appears DIR is attempting to create a 
            one-stop shop for information on public works project 
            requirements.  

           3)Technical amendment  .  There is a drafting error on page 1, 
            line 5, after the word "work," the word "project" should be 
            inserted in order to read: public work project.    



           Analysis Prepared by  :    Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916) 
          319-2081