Bill Text: CA AB2143 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Net energy metering: construction of renewable electrical generation facilities: prevailing wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 774, Statutes of 2022. [AB2143 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB2143-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 24, 2022 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Carrillo |
February 15, 2022 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Existing law directs the department to collect, compile, and present facts and statistics relating to the condition of labor in the state and specifies various topics to be included in this effort.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in the above-described provisions regarding the duties of the Department of Industrial Relations.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 769.2 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:769.2.
(a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1720 of the Labor Code, construction of any renewable electrical generation facility, and any associated battery storage, after December 31, 2023, that is eligible to receive service pursuant to the standard contract or tariff developed pursuant to Section 2827.1, shall constitute a public works project for purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 1770) of Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code, except as specified in subdivision (b).SEC. 2.
Section 913.13 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:913.13.
The commission shall annually include in the assessment submitted pursuant to Section 913.7 both of the following:SEC. 3.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.(a)The department shall collect, compile, and present facts and statistics relating to the condition of labor in the state, including information as to cost of living, labor supply and demand, industrial relations, industrial disputes, industrial accidents and safety, labor productivity, sanitary and other conditions, prison labor, and other matters in relation to labor as the Director of Industrial Relations deems desirable.
(b)To the extent not in conflict with this or any other section, on the date this subdivision becomes operative, the responsibilities of the Division of Labor Statistics and Research that are specified in Subchapter 1 (commencing with Section 14000) and
Subchapter 2 (commencing with Section 14900) of Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations are reassigned to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the responsibilities of the Division of Labor Statistics and Research that are specified in Subchapter 3 (commencing with Section 16000) of Chapter 8 of Division 1 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations are reassigned to the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.