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          Date of Hearing:   April 30, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

            AB 2744 (Labor Committee) - As Introduced:  February 27, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              LaborVote:7-0

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

           SUMMARY  

          This bill makes conforming changes to reflect a recent merger of  
          duties within the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement  
          (DLSE), and more fully integrates enforcement of apprenticeship  
          standards under existing law.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor, absorbable costs to the Division of Labor Standards  
          Enforcement to follow enforcement procedures. 

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose.  SB 1038 (Budget and Fiscal Review), Chapter 46,  
          Statutes of 2012, transferred enforcement of apprenticeship  
          standards from the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship  
          Standards (DAS) to the Labor Commissioner, who is the Chief of  
          the DLSE to streamline enforcement of public works law.

          Apprenticeship standards require contractors and subcontractors  
          on "public works" to comply with certain requirements in law.  
          According to the Assembly Labor Committee analysis, the transfer  
          of authority neglected to specify that the Labor Commissioner  
          would follow the same enforcement procedures already required  
          under existing law.  This bill would require the Labor  
          Commissioner to follow these same enforcement procedures in  
          addressing violations of the apprenticeship standards listed in  
          Labor code section 1777.5, just as is the case when addressing  
          any other violations of the prevailing wage laws. 


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916)  








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