SAN DIEGO - Herewith the saga of an interesting bill that, even as amended, is not likely to be signed into law. AB 3713 (Escutia) in its latest form will be heard by the Assembly Ways and Means Committee on May 18. When introduced on February 25 of this year, the bill, which has strong labor support, had three parts and was viewed with alarm by Cal-OSHA.It would have earmarked civil penalties collected after inspections by the High Hazard Unit for deposit into the Cal-OSHA Targeted Inspection and
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