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Assembly Bill 575 (Crandall – 1970)
Chapter 1237, Statutes of 1970
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Assembly Bill 575, introduced by Assembly member Earle P. Crandall on February 5, 1970. (See Exhibit A, #1a) The bill affected only two sections; it amended Labor Code section 204, and added Labor Code section 204.5, relating to the payment of wages. (See Exhibit A, #1h)
Assembly Bill 575 was assigned to the Assembly Committee on Labor Relations and the Senate Committee on Industrial Relations where policy issues raised by the bill were considered. (See Exhibit A, #2) Six amendments were made to Assembly Bill 575, five by the Assembly and one by the Senate. (See Exhibit A, #1b through #1g) Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Ronald Reagan signed the bill on September 8, 1970, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on September 16, 1970 as Chapter 1237 of the Statutes of 1970. (See Exhibit A, #1h and #2)
Neither of the committees hearing a bill nor its author have left documentation surviving upon its consideration. We find however that the post-enrollment legislative bill file of the Governor regarding the bill provides the most useful documents. (See generally, Exhibit A, #3) These materials allow us to gain some insight into the intent of the legislation. Furthermore, the information in these materials was presumably presented to the legislature by the writers who were participants in the legislative process. (Id.)
The Governor’s post-enrollment file contained an analysis by the Legislative Counsel, which described Assembly Bill 575 as follows:
States salaries of executive, administrative, and professional employees, as defined, earned for labor in excess of 40 hours in a calendar week are due and payable on or before the 26th day of the calendar month immediately following the month in which such labor was performed.
Further states when such employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement that provides different pay arrangements for either the entire month's salaries or for labor performed in excess of 40- hours in a calendar week, those arrangements will apply to the covered employees.
Incorporates additional changes to Sec. 204, Lab.C., proposed by AB 1501, to be operative only upon enactment of AB 1501.
(See Exhibit A, #5, page 170)