BILL NUMBER: AB 236AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 25, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Swanson FEBRUARY 6, 2009 An act to repeal Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2067) of Part 8.5 of Division 2 An act to amend Sections 2051 and 2067 of the Labor Code, relating to car washes. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 236, as amended, Swanson. Employment: car washes. Existing law provides that the provisions regulating , until January 1, 2010, regulates the employment practices of car washes remain in effect until January 1, 2010, and are repealed as of that date and defines the term "employer" for the purpose of those provisions . This bill would remove extend that repeal date , thereby continuing the regulation of the employment practices of car washes beyond to January 1, 2010 2014, and would specify that a new motor vehicle dealer, as defined, is not an employer for purposes of these regulatory provisions . Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 2051 of the Labor Code is amended to read: 2051. As used in this part: (a) "Car washing and polishing" means washing, cleaning, drying, polishing, detailing, servicing, or otherwise providing cosmetic care to vehicles. "Car washing and polishing" does not include motor vehicle repair, as defined in Section 9880.1 of the Business and Professions Code. (b) (1) "Employer" means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, or association engaged in the business of car washing and polishing that engages any other individual in providing those services. (2) "Employer" does not include any charitable, youth, service, veteran, or sports group, club, or association that conducts car washing and polishing on an intermittent basis to raise funds for charitable, education, or religious purposes. "Employer" does not include any licensed vehicle dealer, car rental agency, or automotive repair business that conducts car washing and polishing ancillary to its primary business of selling, leasing, or servicing vehicles. "Employer" does not include a new motor vehicle dealer, as defined in Section 426 of the Vehicle Code, that is primarily engaged in the business of selling, leasing, renting, or servicing vehicles. "Employer" does not include any self-service car wash or automated car wash that has employees for cashiering or maintenance purposes only. (c) "Employee" means any person, including an alien or minor, who renders actual car washing and polishing services in any business for an employer, whether for tips or for wages, and whether wages are calculated by time, piece, task, commission, or other method of calculation, and whether the services are rendered on a commission, concessionaire, or other basis. (d) "Commissioner" means the Labor Commissioner. SEC. 2. Section 2067 of the Labor Code is amended to read: 2067. This part shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2010 2014 , and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2010 2014 , deletes or extends that date. SECTION 1. Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2067) of Part 8.5 of Division 2 of the Labor Code is repealed.