California Senate Bill SB1438 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1438INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator DeSaulnier FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to amend Section 53 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1438, as introduced, DeSaulnier. Employment. Existing law defines the phrase "head of the department" to refer to the Director of Industrial Relations in specified circumstances. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision. 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 53 of the Labor Code is amended to read: 53. Whenever in Section 1001 or in Part 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code "head of the department" or similar designation occurs, the  same shall   phrase shall mean  , for the purposes of this code,  mean  the director, except that in respect to matters which by the express provisions of this code are committed to or retained under the jurisdiction of the Division of Workers' Compensation, the State Compensation Insurance Fund, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board, or the Industrial Welfare Commission the designation shall mean the Division of Workers' Compensation, the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, the State Compensation Insurance Fund, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board, or the Industrial Welfare Commission, as the case may be.