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AB-2364 Public works: volunteers.(2007-2008)

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Amended  IN  Assembly  April 02, 2008

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2007–2008 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2364

Introduced  by  Assembly Member Walters

February 21, 2008

An act to amend Section 1720.4 of the Labor Code, relating to public works.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2364, as amended, Walters. Public works: volunteers.
Existing law defines “public works,” for purposes of regulating public works contracts, as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds. Pursuant to existing law, all workers employed on public works shall be paid not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work, except for public works projects of $1,000 or less, or except for. Existing law also excludes, until January 1, 2009, any work performed by a volunteer, a volunteer coordinator, or by members of the California Conservation Corps or of certified Community Conservation Corps from the prevailing wage requirements that apply to public works.
This bill would delete the repeal date for the exclusion that applies to those specified volunteers, thereby making this exclusion permanent.
This bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the provisions relating to the definition of “volunteer.”
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NOYES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 1720.4 of the Labor Code is amended to read:

1720.4.
 (a) This chapter shall not apply to any of the following work:
(1) Any work performed by a volunteer. For purposes of this section, “volunteer” means an individual who performs work for civic, charitable, or humanitarian reasons for a public agency or corporation qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as a tax-exempt organization, without promise, expectation, or receipt of any compensation for work performed.
(A) An individual is considered a volunteer only when his or her services are offered freely and without pressure and coercion, direct or implied, from an employer.
(B) An individual may receive reasonable meals, lodging, transportation, and incidental expenses or nominal nonmonetary awards without losing volunteer status if, in the entire context of the situation, those benefits and payments are not a substitute form of compensation for work performed.
(C) An individual is not considered a volunteer if the person is otherwise employed for compensation at any time (i) in the construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, or maintenance work on the same project, or (ii) by a contractor, other than a corporation qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as a tax-exempt organization, that is receiving payment to perform construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, or maintenance work on the same project.
(2) Any work performed by a volunteer coordinator. For purposes of this section, “volunteer coordinator” means an individual paid by a corporation qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as a tax-exempt organization, to oversee or supervise volunteers. An individual may be considered a volunteer coordinator even if the individual performs some nonsupervisory work on a project alongside the volunteers, so long as the individual’s primary responsibility on the project is to oversee or supervise the volunteers rather than to perform nonsupervisory work.
(3) Any work performed by members of the California Conservation Corps or of Community Conservation Corps certified by the California Conservation Corps pursuant to Section 14507.5 of the Public Resources Code.
(b) This section shall apply retroactively to otherwise covered work concluded on or after January 1, 2002, to the extent permitted by law.

(c)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2009, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statue, that is enacted before January 1, 2009, deletes or extends that date.