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Assembly Bill 1225 (Crandall – 1969)
Chapter 599, Statutes of 1969
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Labor Code section 204 was amended in 1969 following legislative passage of Assembly Bill 1225, introduced by Assembly member Earle P. Crandall on March 25, 1969. (See Exhibit #1a) Assembly Bill 1225 was a single section bill that proposed only to amend section 204. (See Exhibits #1a through #1c)
Assembly Bill 1225 was assigned to the Assembly Committee on Labor Relations and the Senate Committee on Governmental Efficiency where policy issues raised by the bill were considered. (See Exhibit #2) One amendment was made to Assembly Bill 1225 while it was before the Legislature. (See Exhibits #1b and #2)
Subsequent to unanimous legislative approval, Governor Ronald Reagan signed the bill on July 14, 1969, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on July 25, 1969 as Chapter 599 of the Statutes of 1969. (See Exhibits #1c and #2)
Neither of the committees hearing this bill nor its author have left documentation surviving upon its consideration. Given these circumstances, we found that the post-enrollment legislative bill file for the Governor regarding this legislation provided the most useful documents. (See generally, Exhibit #4) Through the materials located in the Governor’s file we are able to gain some insight into the intent of the legislation. The information in these materials was presumably presented to the legislature by the writers who were participants in the legislative process. (Id.)
The Summary Digest of Statutes Enacted issued the following synopsis of Assembly Bill 1225, stating:
Provides an exception to the semimonthly payday law for certain employees who are engaged in executive, administrative, and professional work and are exempted from certain maximum hour provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act as amended through March 1, 1969, if paid before the 26th of the month during which the labor was performed, provided that the entire month's wages are paid at that time.
(See Exhibit #5)