1776.1.
(a) An owner or developer undertaking any public works project subject to the requirements of this chapter shall make the following records available upon request to the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement of the Department of Industrial Relations, to multiemployer Taft-Hartley trust funds (29 U.S.C. Sec. 186(c)), and to joint labor-management committees established pursuant to the federal Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 175a):(1) Final executed construction contracts.
(2) A certified copy of payroll records described in Section 1776 if the owner or developer has possession, custody, or control of these records.
(3) If the owner or developer were required to provide an enforceable commitment that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to complete a contract or project, the monthly reports required under Section 2602 of the Public Contract Code.
(b) The requirements of subdivision (a) shall apply to any owner or developer that undertakes a development project that includes work subject to the requirements of this chapter, regardless of whether the project is in its entirety a public work, as defined in Article 1 (commencing with Section 1720).
(c) (1) Any records of work performed that are made available under this section shall be redacted only to prevent disclosure of any individual’s social security number.
(2) The owner or developer may redact pricing information from contracts and subcontracts if that information has not been made public.
(d) Where the requesting department, trust fund, or joint labor-management committee has identified the documents or information sought with specificity, the owner or developer shall reasonably assist in identifying responsive records.
(e) (1) An owner or developer has 10 days in which to comply subsequent to receipt of a written notice requesting the records enumerated in subdivision (a).
(2) In the event that the owner or developer fails to comply with a request from a multiemployer Taft-Hartley trust fund or a joint labor-management committee, the fund or committee shall submit a complaint to the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within 10 days after compliance was required. The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall promptly investigate any complaints.
(3) If the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement determines that the owner or developer has failed to provide any records subject to disclosure pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), or failed to comply with subdivisions (c) to (e), inclusive, the owner or developer shall be subject to a penalty by the Labor Commissioner until strict compliance is effectuated. The penalty shall be one hundred dollars ($100) for each calendar day, or portion thereof, for each worker, until strict compliance is effectuated with respect to records described by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a). For records described by paragraphs (1) and (3) of subdivision (a), the penalty shall be five hundred dollars ($500) for each calendar day, or portion thereof, until strict compliance is effectuated. Penalties received pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited in the State Public Works Enforcement Fund established by Section 1771.3 and shall be used only for the purposes specified in that section.
(4) The director shall adopt rules consistent with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) and the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Title 1.8 (commencing with Section 1798) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code) governing the release of these records, including the establishment of reasonable fees to be charged for reproducing copies of records required by this section.
(f) For purposes of this section, an “owner or developer” includes a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, or other legal entity but does not include the state or a political subdivision.