Governor Signs Bill That Assures – Funding of High Hazard Program

TREASURE ISLAND, CA - On June 30, Governor Pete Wilson signed SB 996 (Lockyer and Leonard), an urgency measure that should help the Department of Industrial Relations with a cash flow problem---funding for Cal-OSHA's High Hazard Employer Program (HHEP).Selected employers must pay fees ranging from $100 to $2,500. The total collected, $7.8 million, will enable DIR to repay the $4 million startup loan for HHEP from the state general fund and support program activities into 1996. Selected employers will be tho