Bill Text: CA AB2608 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Occupational safety and health: violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-24 - Read first time. [AB2608 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2608-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2608	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nestande

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 6600 of the Labor Code, relating to
employment.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2608, as introduced, Nestande. Occupational safety and health:
violations.
   Existing law establishes the Division of Occupational Safety and
Health in the Department of Industrial Relations to enforce
employment safety laws. Existing law authorizes the division to
conduct hearings, inspections, and investigations regarding alleged
violations of employment safety laws and to issue a citation for a
violation of those laws, including violations that regulations
adopted by the division classify as serious, repeat, or willful
violations. Existing law establishes the Occupational Safety and
Health Appeals Board in the department, and prescribes procedures for
the appeals board to hear and decide appeals of a citation.
Regulations adopted by the appeals board generally stay the abatement
period of a citation until the conclusion of the appeal.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   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 6600 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   6600.   Any   An  employer served with a
citation or notice pursuant to Section 6317, or a notice of proposed
penalty under this part, or any other person obligated to the
employer as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 6319, may appeal
to the appeals board within 15 working days from the receipt of
 such   the citation  or  such
 notice with respect to violations alleged by the division,
abatement periods, amount of proposed penalties, and the
reasonableness of the changes required by the division to abate the
condition.