Bill Text: CA AB1948 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Wage and hour laws: Legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-18 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB1948 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1948-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1948	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Grove

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to add Sections 501 and 1172 to the Labor Code, relating to
employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1948, as introduced, Grove. Wage and hour laws: Legislature.
   (1) Existing law affords wage and hour protections to employees in
the state. These protections include laws that regulate overtime
compensation and require employees to be given meal and rest periods.
Violations of these protections is a crime. Generally, these wage
and hour laws are inapplicable to employees of the state.
   This bill would make specified wage and hour laws applicable to
the Legislature. Because a violation of these requirements would be a
crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by
creating a new crime.
   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 501 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   501.  "Employer" as used in this chapter includes the Legislature.

  SEC. 2.  Section 1172 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   1172.  "Employer" as used in this chapter includes the
Legislature.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.