Bill Text: CA AB2897 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Car washes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-11-30 - Died on Senate inactive file. [AB2897 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2897-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2897	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 2, 2016

INTRODUCED BY    Committee on Labor and Employment 
 (   Assembly Members Roger Hernández
(Chair), Chu, Low, McCarty, and Thurmond   )
  Assembly Member   Roger Hernández 

                        MARCH 1, 2016

   An act to add Section 2066.5 to the Labor Code, relating to car
washes.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2897, as amended,  Committee on Labor and Employment
  Roger Hernández  . Car washes.
   Existing law regulates the employment practices of car washes,
including providing specific recordkeeping requirements that
employers of car washers must implement with regard to car washer
wages, hours, and working conditions, under the enforcement authority
of the Division of Labor Standards and Enforcement. Existing law
requires employers of car washers to register with the Labor
Commissioner and pay a specified registration fee, or be subject to a
specified civil fine. Existing law also requires employers of car
washers to post a $150,000 bond for the benefit of the state to
compensate employees damaged by the employer's nonpayment of wages,
except as specified. Existing law also provides that a successor to
an employer that owed wages and penalties to the predecessor's
employees is liable for those wages and penalties under specified
circumstances.
   This bill would require a car wash employer to provide written
notice to a successor employer regarding the above provisions prior
to the sale or other transfer of the business.
   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 2066.5 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   2066.5.  An employer  that is  engaged in car washing and
polishing shall provide a successor with written notice of the
provisions of this part, including Section 2066, prior to the sale or
other transfer of the business.