CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1643Introduced by Assembly Member Robert RivasJanuary 12, 2022 An act to amend Section 53 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1643, as introduced, Robert Rivas. Department of Industrial Relations.Existing law establishes in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency the Department of Industrial Relations for specified purposes and provides for its administration by the Director of Industrial Relations. Existing law defines the designation head of the department to mean the Director of Industrial Relations, unless the Labor Code expressly provides that another entity has jurisdiction over a specific matter.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that definition.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe 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 1001, or in Part 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 2, of the Government Code head of the department or similar designation occurs, the same shall, designation, for the purposes of this code, shall mean the director, except that except, 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 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.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1643Introduced by Assembly Member Robert RivasJanuary 12, 2022 An act to amend Section 53 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1643, as introduced, Robert Rivas. Department of Industrial Relations.Existing law establishes in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency the Department of Industrial Relations for specified purposes and provides for its administration by the Director of Industrial Relations. Existing law defines the designation head of the department to mean the Director of Industrial Relations, unless the Labor Code expressly provides that another entity has jurisdiction over a specific matter.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that definition.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1643
Introduced by Assembly Member Robert RivasJanuary 12, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Robert Rivas
January 12, 2022
An act to amend Section 53 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1643, as introduced, Robert Rivas. Department of Industrial Relations.
Existing law establishes in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency the Department of Industrial Relations for specified purposes and provides for its administration by the Director of Industrial Relations. Existing law defines the designation head of the department to mean the Director of Industrial Relations, unless the Labor Code expressly provides that another entity has jurisdiction over a specific matter.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that definition.
Existing law establishes in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency the Department of Industrial Relations for specified purposes and provides for its administration by the Director of Industrial Relations. Existing law defines the designation head of the department to mean the Director of Industrial Relations, unless the Labor Code expressly provides that another entity has jurisdiction over a specific matter.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that definition.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
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 1001, or in Part 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 2, of the Government Code head of the department or similar designation occurs, the same shall, designation, for the purposes of this code, shall mean the director, except that except, 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 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.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## 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 1001, or in Part 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 2, of the Government Code head of the department or similar designation occurs, the same shall, designation, for the purposes of this code, shall mean the director, except that except, 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 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.
SECTION 1. Section 53 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
53. Whenever in Section 1001 1001, or in Part 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 2, of the Government Code head of the department or similar designation occurs, the same shall, designation, for the purposes of this code, shall mean the director, except that except, 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 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.
53. Whenever in Section 1001 1001, or in Part 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 2, of the Government Code head of the department or similar designation occurs, the same shall, designation, for the purposes of this code, shall mean the director, except that except, 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 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.
53. Whenever in Section 1001 1001, or in Part 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 2, of the Government Code head of the department or similar designation occurs, the same shall, designation, for the purposes of this code, shall mean the director, except that except, 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 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.
53. Whenever in Section 1001 1001, or in Part 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 2, of the Government Code head of the department or similar designation occurs, the same shall, designation, for the purposes of this code, shall mean the director, except that except, 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 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.