Bill Text: CA AB1768 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Prevailing wage: public works.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 719, Statutes of 2019. [AB1768 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1768-Introduced.html
any a contractor to withhold from any a subcontractor working under him sufficient sums to cover any penalties withheld from him
the contractor by the awarding body on account of the subcontractor’s failure to comply with the terms of this chapter, and if chapter. If payment has already been made to the subcontractor subcontractor, the contractor may recover from him the subcontractor the amount of the penalty or forfeiture in a suit at law.
Bill Title: Prevailing wage: public works.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 719, Statutes of 2019. [AB1768 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1768-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 1768 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Carrillo |
February 22, 2019 |
An act to amend Section 1729 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1768, as introduced, Carrillo.
Contractors: subcontractor withholding.
Existing law regulates public works contracts and imposes certain duties on contractors and subcontractors, as specified. Existing law authorizes a contractor to withhold from a subcontractor sufficient sums to cover any penalties withheld from the contractor by the awarding body on account of the subcontractor’s failure to comply with the provisions described above. Existing law also authorizes a contractor to recover the amount of the penalty or forfeiture in a suit at law if payment has already been made to the subcontractor.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
