Bill Text: CA SB1277 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 1277 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Public works: City of Los Angeles: graffiti abatement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-05 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1277 Detail]

Download: California-2019-SB1277-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1277

Introduced by Senator Hertzberg

February 21, 2020

An act to amend Section 1720.5 of the Labor Code, relating to public works.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1277, as introduced, Hertzberg. Public works: City of Los Angeles: graffiti abatement.

Existing law generally requires that not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, determined by the Director of Industrial Relations, be paid to workers employed on public works projects. Existing law defines “public works” to include, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for, in whole or in part, out of public funds, but exempts from that definition, among other projects, an otherwise private development project if the state or political subdivision provides, directly or indirectly, a public subsidy to the private development project that is de minimis in the context of the project. Existing law, until January 1, 2024, further exempts graffiti abatement work performed pursuant to a contract between the City of Los Angeles and a nonprofit community-based organization from the requirement to pay a prevailing wage of per diem wages provided that the work is performed by certain persons.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 1720.5 of the Labor Code is amended to read:

1720.5.

(a) This chapter does not apply to graffiti abatement work performed pursuant to a contract between the City of Los Angeles and a nonprofit community-based organization if the work is performed by any of the following:

(1) A volunteer within the meaning of subdivision (a) of Section 1720.4.

(2) A volunteer coordinator within the meaning of subdivision (b) of Section 1720.4.

(3) An individual performing community service ordered by a court as a condition of probation.

(4) An individual enrolled in a bona fide preapprenticeship training program, as described in subdivision (e) of Section 14230 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, that meets all of the following criteria:

(A) The program was established pursuant to an agreement entered into on or before March 1, 2019, between the City of Los Angeles and a building trades apprenticeship program that was approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards.

(B) The program follows the multicraft core curriculum implemented by the State Department of Education for its pilot project with the California Partnership Academies and by the California Workforce Development Board and local boards.

(D) The program provides pathways for continued employment after the preapprenticeship program is completed.

(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed.