BILL NUMBER: AB 1560	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Labor and Employment (Monning (Chair),
Eng, Furutani, Ma, and Portantino)

                        MARCH 11, 2009

   An act to add Section  320.7   612  to
the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1560, as amended, Committee on Labor and Employment.
Professional employer organizations: regulation.
   Under existing law, the Employment Development Department within
the Labor and Workforce Development Agency is charged with
administering the state's unemployment insurance program, which
provides for the compulsory setting aside of funds to be used for a
system of unemployment insurance providing benefits for persons
unemployed through no fault of their own.  Existing law also
requires employers, as defined, to register with the department and
imposes penalties on employers for failure to register. 
   This bill would  state the intent of the Legislature to
regulate professional employer organizations, including the
requirement that those organizations register with the Employment
Development Department and pay an annual registration fee 
 prohibit a person or entity from providing, advertising, or
otherwise holding itself out as providing professional employer
services in the state, unless that person or entity is registered
with the department  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 612 is added to the  
Unemployment Insurance Code   , to read:  
   612.  A person or entity shall not provide, advertise, or
otherwise hold itself out as providing professional employer services
in the State of California unless that person or entity is
registered with the department.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 320.7 is added to the
Unemployment Insurance Code, to read:
   320.7.  It is the intent of the Legislature to regulate
professional employer organizations, including requiring professional
employer organizations to register with the Employment Development
Department and pay an annual registration fee.