BILL NUMBER: AB 527ENROLLED BILL TEXT PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 27, 2009 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 13, 2009 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 19, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fuentes FEBRUARY 25, 2009 An act to add Section 1174.1 to the Labor Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 527, Fuentes. Employee complaints: proceedings: payroll records. Under existing law, the Labor Commissioner is authorized to investigate employee complaints and to provide a hearing in an action to recover wages, penalties, and other demands for compensation. This bill would provide that if the Labor Commissioner finds that there is a pattern of falsification of the payroll records submitted for any pay period relating to any claim or complaint brought pursuant to the commissioner's authority , all payroll records relating to that claim or complaint must be presumed false. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 1174.1 is added to the Labor Code, to read: 1174.1. (a) If the Labor Commissioner finds that there is a pattern of intentional falsification of the payroll records submitted for any pay period relating to any claim or complaint brought pursuant to Section 98, all payroll records relating to that claim or complaint shall be presumed false. (b) For purposes of this section, "a pattern of intentional falsification" means two or more intentionally falsified payroll records.