Bill Text: CA AB990 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Safety in employment: ski resorts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB990 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB990-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 990	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Part 8.2 (commencing with Section 7935) to Division
5 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 990, as introduced, Jones. Safety in employment: ski resorts.
   Existing law specifies the requirements for obtaining a license
for, and operating a passenger aerial tramway. It also requires the
Division of Occupational Safety and Health within the Department of
Industrial Relations to conduct inspections of aerial tramways at
specified intervals.
   This bill would also require the division to utilize the most
current safety standards when inspecting aerial passenger tramways
operated at ski resorts.
   This bill would also require ski resorts to file an annual safety
report with the division, post the safety plan at the resort and on
the resort's Internet Web site, report to the division within 24
hours serious injuries or fatalities at the resort, and standardize
safety signage and safety equipment in use at the resort.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Part 8.2 (commencing with Section 7935) is added to
Division 5 of the Labor Code, to read:

      PART 8.2.  Ski Resort Safety


   7935.  (a) A ski resort that operates in California shall do all
of the following:
   (1) Prepare an annual safety plan that conforms with the
requirements of federal regulations applicable to ski resorts
operating on federal property.
   (2) File a copy of the annual safety plan with the division, in
addition to any safety plan that is required to be filed with the
United States Forest Service.
   (3) Post the annual safety plan at the ski resort in a conspicuous
location.
   (4) Make the annual safety report available on the ski resort's
Internet Web site, if one is maintained.
   (5) Make the annual safety report available to a division
inspector, upon demand.
   (6) Report to the division, within 24 hours, an injury resulting
in a fatality or treatment beyond basic first aid that occurred
anywhere on the ski resort property, regardless of the activity that
caused the injury.
   (7) Establish standardized signage used to indicate a ski area
boundary, hazard, or other safety information. A sufficient number of
safety signs shall be posted to facilitate the safe flow of skiers
and to warn of hazardous terrain. Signage shall be subject to
inspection by the division.
   (8) Utilize standardized safety padding or other barriers for all
infrastructure located on or in close proximity to ski runs.
   (b) When inspecting ski resort tramways, the division shall use
the most current aerial tramway safety standards.