California Senate Bill SB923 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 923INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Lieu FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to amend Section 7153 of the Labor Code, relating to occupational safety. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 923, as introduced, Lieu. Occupational safety: scaffolding. Existing law places certain requirements on an employer when scaffolding is used in connection with work upon any building or structure. Existing law prohibits platforms or floors of the scaffolding from being less than 14 inches in width and requires them to be free from knots or fractures impairing their strength. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the above provisions. 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 7153 of the Labor Code is amended to read: 7153. Platforms or floors of  such   the  scaffolding shall be not less than 14 inches in width and shall be free from knots or fractures impairing their strength.