2054. Every employer shall register with the commissioner annually.
2055. The commissioner may not permit any employer to register, nor
may the commissioner permit any employer to renew registration until
all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The employer has applied for registration to the commissioner
by presenting proof of compliance with the local government's
business licensing or regional regulatory requirements.
(b) The employer has obtained a surety bond issued by a surety
company admitted to do business in this state. The principal sum of
the bond shall be not less than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).
The employer shall file a copy of the bond with the commissioner.
(1) The bond required by this section shall be in favor of, and
payable to the people of the State of California and shall be for the
benefit of any employee damaged by his or her employer's failure to
pay wages, interest on wages, or fringe benefits, or damaged by
violation of Section 351 or 353.
(2) Thirty days prior to the cancellation or termination of any
surety bond required by this section, the surety shall send written
notice to both the employer and the commissioner, identifying the
bond and the date of the cancellation or termination.
(3) An employer may not conduct any business until the employer
obtains a new surety bond and files a copy of it with the
commissioner.
(c) The employer has documented that a current workers'
compensation insurance policy is in effect for the employees.
(d) The employer has paid the fees established pursuant to Section
2059.
2056. When a certificate of registration is originally issued or
renewed under this chapter, the commissioner shall provide related
and supplemental information to the registrant regarding business
administration and applicable labor laws.
2057. Proof of registration shall be by an official Division of
Labor Standards Enforcement registration form. Each employer shall
post the registration form where it may be read by the employees
during the workday.
2058. At least 30 days prior to the expiration of each registrant's
registration, the commissioner shall mail a renewal notice to the
last known address of the registrant. However, omission of the
commissioner to provide the renewal notice in accordance with this
subdivision may not excuse a registrant from making timely
application for renewal of registration, may not be a defense in any
action or proceeding involving failure to renew registration, and may
not subject the commissioner to any legal liability.
2059. (a) The commissioner shall collect from employers a
registration fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each branch
location. The commissioner may periodically adjust the registration
fee for inflation to ensure that the fee is sufficient to fund all
costs to administer and enforce the provisions of this part.
(b) In addition to the fee specified in subdivision (a), each
employer shall be assessed an annual fee of fifty dollars ($50) for
each branch location which shall be deposited in the Car Wash Worker
Restitution Fund.
2060. No employer may conduct any business without complying with
the registration and bond requirements of this chapter.
2061. The commissioner may not approve the registration of any
employer until all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The employer has executed a written application, in a form
prescribed by the commissioner, subscribed, and sworn by the employer
containing the following:
(1) The name of the business entity and, if applicable, its
fictitious or "doing business as" name.
(2) The form of the business entity and, if a corporation, all of
the following:
(A) The date of incorporation.
(B) The state in which incorporated.
(C) If a foreign corporation, the date the articles of
incorporation were filed with the California Secretary of State.
(D) Whether the corporation is in good standing with the Secretary
of State.
(3) The federal employer identification number (FEIN) and the
state employer identification number (SEIN) of the business.
(4) The business' address and telephone number and, if applicable,
the addresses and telephone numbers of any branch locations.
(5) Whether the application is for a new or renewal registration
and, if the application is for a renewal, the prior registration
number.
(6) The names, residential addresses, telephone numbers, and
Social Security numbers of the following persons:
(A) All corporate officers, if the business entity is a
corporation.
(B) All persons exercising management responsibility in the
applicant's office, regardless of form of business entity.
(C) All persons, except bona fide employees on regular salaries,
who have a financial interest of 10 percent or more in the business,
regardless of the form of business entity, and the actual percent
owned by each of those persons.
(7) The policy number, effective date, expiration date, and name
and address of the carrier of the applicant business' current workers'
compensation coverage.
(8) Whether any persons named in response to subparagraphs (A),
(B), or (C) of subparagraph (6) of this section presently:
(A) Owe any unpaid wages.
(B) Have unpaid judgments outstanding.
(C) Have any liens or suits pending in court against himself or
herself.
(D) Owe payroll taxes, or personal, partnership, or corporate
income taxes, Social Security taxes, or disability insurance.
An applicant who answers affirmatively to any item described in
paragraph (8) shall provide, as part of the application, additional
information on the unpaid amounts, including the name and address of
the party owed, the amount owed, and any existing payment
arrangements.
(9) Whether any persons named in response to subparagraphs (A),
(B), or (C) of paragraph (6) of this section have ever been cited or
assessed any penalty for violating any provision of the Labor Code.
An applicant who answers affirmatively to any item described in
paragraph (9) shall provide additional information, as part of the
application, on the date, nature of citation, amount of penalties
assessed for each citation, and the disposition of the citation, if
any. The application shall describe any appeal filed. If the citation
was not appealed, or if it was upheld on appeal, the applicant shall
state whether the penalty assessment was paid.
(b) The employer has paid a registration fee to the commissioner
pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2055.
2062. The commissioner may not register or renew the registration
of an employer in any of the following circumstances:
(a) The employer has not fully satisfied any final judgment for
unpaid wages due to an employee or former employee of a business for
which the employer is required to register under this chapter.
(b) The employer has failed to remit the proper amount of
contributions required by the Unemployment Insurance Code or the
Employment Development Department had made an assessment for those
unpaid contributions against the employer that has become final and
the employer has not fully paid the amount of delinquency for those
unpaid contributions.
(c) The employer has failed to remit the amount of Social Security
and Medicare tax contributions required by the Federal Insurance
Contributions Act (FICA) to the Internal Revenue Service and the
employer has not fully paid the amount or delinquency for those
unpaid contributions.
2063. On the Web site of the Department of Industrial Relations the
Labor Commissioner shall post a list of registered car washing and
polishing businesses, including the name, address, registration
number, and effective dates of registration.
2064. An employer who fails to register pursuant to Section 2054 is
subject to a civil fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for each
calendar day, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the
employer conducts car washing and polishing while unregistered.
2065. (a) The Car Wash Worker Restitution Fund is established in
the State Treasury.
(1) The following moneys shall be deposited into this fund:
(A) The annual fee required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
2059.
(B) Fifty percent of the fines collected pursuant to Section 2064.
(C) Fifty dollars ($50) of the initial registration fee required
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2059.
(2) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the moneys in the fund
shall be disbursed by the commissioner only to persons determined by
the commissioner to have been damaged by the failure to pay wages and
penalties and other related damages by any employer, to ensure the
payment of wages and penalties and other related damages. Any
disbursed funds subsequently recovered by the commissioner shall be
returned to the fund.
(b) The Car Wash Worker Fund is established in the State Treasury.
(1) The following moneys shall be deposited into this fund:
(A) Fifty percent of the fines collected pursuant to Section 2064.
(B) The initial registration fee required pursuant to subdivision
(a) of Section 2059, less the amount specified in subparagraph (C) of
paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).
(2) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the moneys in this fund
shall be applied to costs incurred by the commissioner in
administering the provisions of this part and enforcement and
investigation of the car washing and polishing industry.
(c) The Department of Industrial Relations may establish by
regulation those procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of
this section.
2054. Every employer shall register with the commissioner annually.
2055. The commissioner may not permit any employer to register, nor
may the commissioner permit any employer to renew registration until
all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The employer has applied for registration to the commissioner
by presenting proof of compliance with the local government's
business licensing or regional regulatory requirements.
(b) The employer has obtained a surety bond issued by a surety
company admitted to do business in this state. The principal sum of
the bond shall be not less than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).
The employer shall file a copy of the bond with the commissioner.
(1) The bond required by this section shall be in favor of, and
payable to the people of the State of California and shall be for the
benefit of any employee damaged by his or her employer's failure to
pay wages, interest on wages, or fringe benefits, or damaged by
violation of Section 351 or 353.
(2) Thirty days prior to the cancellation or termination of any
surety bond required by this section, the surety shall send written
notice to both the employer and the commissioner, identifying the
bond and the date of the cancellation or termination.
(3) An employer may not conduct any business until the employer
obtains a new surety bond and files a copy of it with the
commissioner.
(c) The employer has documented that a current workers'
compensation insurance policy is in effect for the employees.
(d) The employer has paid the fees established pursuant to Section
2059.
2056. When a certificate of registration is originally issued or
renewed under this chapter, the commissioner shall provide related
and supplemental information to the registrant regarding business
administration and applicable labor laws.
2057. Proof of registration shall be by an official Division of
Labor Standards Enforcement registration form. Each employer shall
post the registration form where it may be read by the employees
during the workday.
2058. At least 30 days prior to the expiration of each registrant's
registration, the commissioner shall mail a renewal notice to the
last known address of the registrant. However, omission of the
commissioner to provide the renewal notice in accordance with this
subdivision may not excuse a registrant from making timely
application for renewal of registration, may not be a defense in any
action or proceeding involving failure to renew registration, and may
not subject the commissioner to any legal liability.
2059. (a) The commissioner shall collect from employers a
registration fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each branch
location. The commissioner may periodically adjust the registration
fee for inflation to ensure that the fee is sufficient to fund all
costs to administer and enforce the provisions of this part.
(b) In addition to the fee specified in subdivision (a), each
employer shall be assessed an annual fee of fifty dollars ($50) for
each branch location which shall be deposited in the Car Wash Worker
Restitution Fund.
2060. No employer may conduct any business without complying with
the registration and bond requirements of this chapter.
2061. The commissioner may not approve the registration of any
employer until all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The employer has executed a written application, in a form
prescribed by the commissioner, subscribed, and sworn by the employer
containing the following:
(1) The name of the business entity and, if applicable, its
fictitious or "doing business as" name.
(2) The form of the business entity and, if a corporation, all of
the following:
(A) The date of incorporation.
(B) The state in which incorporated.
(C) If a foreign corporation, the date the articles of
incorporation were filed with the California Secretary of State.
(D) Whether the corporation is in good standing with the Secretary
of State.
(3) The federal employer identification number (FEIN) and the
state employer identification number (SEIN) of the business.
(4) The business' address and telephone number and, if applicable,
the addresses and telephone numbers of any branch locations.
(5) Whether the application is for a new or renewal registration
and, if the application is for a renewal, the prior registration
number.
(6) The names, residential addresses, telephone numbers, and
Social Security numbers of the following persons:
(A) All corporate officers, if the business entity is a
corporation.
(B) All persons exercising management responsibility in the
applicant's office, regardless of form of business entity.
(C) All persons, except bona fide employees on regular salaries,
who have a financial interest of 10 percent or more in the business,
regardless of the form of business entity, and the actual percent
owned by each of those persons.
(7) The policy number, effective date, expiration date, and name
and address of the carrier of the applicant business' current workers'
compensation coverage.
(8) Whether any persons named in response to subparagraphs (A),
(B), or (C) of subparagraph (6) of this section presently:
(A) Owe any unpaid wages.
(B) Have unpaid judgments outstanding.
(C) Have any liens or suits pending in court against himself or
herself.
(D) Owe payroll taxes, or personal, partnership, or corporate
income taxes, Social Security taxes, or disability insurance.
An applicant who answers affirmatively to any item described in
paragraph (8) shall provide, as part of the application, additional
information on the unpaid amounts, including the name and address of
the party owed, the amount owed, and any existing payment
arrangements.
(9) Whether any persons named in response to subparagraphs (A),
(B), or (C) of paragraph (6) of this section have ever been cited or
assessed any penalty for violating any provision of the Labor Code.
An applicant who answers affirmatively to any item described in
paragraph (9) shall provide additional information, as part of the
application, on the date, nature of citation, amount of penalties
assessed for each citation, and the disposition of the citation, if
any. The application shall describe any appeal filed. If the citation
was not appealed, or if it was upheld on appeal, the applicant shall
state whether the penalty assessment was paid.
(b) The employer has paid a registration fee to the commissioner
pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2055.
2062. The commissioner may not register or renew the registration
of an employer in any of the following circumstances:
(a) The employer has not fully satisfied any final judgment for
unpaid wages due to an employee or former employee of a business for
which the employer is required to register under this chapter.
(b) The employer has failed to remit the proper amount of
contributions required by the Unemployment Insurance Code or the
Employment Development Department had made an assessment for those
unpaid contributions against the employer that has become final and
the employer has not fully paid the amount of delinquency for those
unpaid contributions.
(c) The employer has failed to remit the amount of Social Security
and Medicare tax contributions required by the Federal Insurance
Contributions Act (FICA) to the Internal Revenue Service and the
employer has not fully paid the amount or delinquency for those
unpaid contributions.
2063. On the Web site of the Department of Industrial Relations the
Labor Commissioner shall post a list of registered car washing and
polishing businesses, including the name, address, registration
number, and effective dates of registration.
2064. An employer who fails to register pursuant to Section 2054 is
subject to a civil fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for each
calendar day, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the
employer conducts car washing and polishing while unregistered.
2065. (a) The Car Wash Worker Restitution Fund is established in
the State Treasury.
(1) The following moneys shall be deposited into this fund:
(A) The annual fee required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
2059.
(B) Fifty percent of the fines collected pursuant to Section 2064.
(C) Fifty dollars ($50) of the initial registration fee required
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2059.
(2) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the moneys in the fund
shall be disbursed by the commissioner only to persons determined by
the commissioner to have been damaged by the failure to pay wages and
penalties and other related damages by any employer, to ensure the
payment of wages and penalties and other related damages. Any
disbursed funds subsequently recovered by the commissioner shall be
returned to the fund.
(b) The Car Wash Worker Fund is established in the State Treasury.
(1) The following moneys shall be deposited into this fund:
(A) Fifty percent of the fines collected pursuant to Section 2064.
(B) The initial registration fee required pursuant to subdivision
(a) of Section 2059, less the amount specified in subparagraph (C) of
paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).
(2) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the moneys in this fund
shall be applied to costs incurred by the commissioner in
administering the provisions of this part and enforcement and
investigation of the car washing and polishing industry.
(c) The Department of Industrial Relations may establish by
regulation those procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of
this section.
2054. Every employer shall register with the commissioner annually.
2055. The commissioner may not permit any employer to register, nor
may the commissioner permit any employer to renew registration until
all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The employer has applied for registration to the commissioner
by presenting proof of compliance with the local government's
business licensing or regional regulatory requirements.
(b) The employer has obtained a surety bond issued by a surety
company admitted to do business in this state. The principal sum of
the bond shall be not less than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).
The employer shall file a copy of the bond with the commissioner.
(1) The bond required by this section shall be in favor of, and
payable to the people of the State of California and shall be for the
benefit of any employee damaged by his or her employer's failure to
pay wages, interest on wages, or fringe benefits, or damaged by
violation of Section 351 or 353.
(2) Thirty days prior to the cancellation or termination of any
surety bond required by this section, the surety shall send written
notice to both the employer and the commissioner, identifying the
bond and the date of the cancellation or termination.
(3) An employer may not conduct any business until the employer
obtains a new surety bond and files a copy of it with the
commissioner.
(c) The employer has documented that a current workers'
compensation insurance policy is in effect for the employees.
(d) The employer has paid the fees established pursuant to Section
2059.
2056. When a certificate of registration is originally issued or
renewed under this chapter, the commissioner shall provide related
and supplemental information to the registrant regarding business
administration and applicable labor laws.
2057. Proof of registration shall be by an official Division of
Labor Standards Enforcement registration form. Each employer shall
post the registration form where it may be read by the employees
during the workday.
2058. At least 30 days prior to the expiration of each registrant's
registration, the commissioner shall mail a renewal notice to the
last known address of the registrant. However, omission of the
commissioner to provide the renewal notice in accordance with this
subdivision may not excuse a registrant from making timely
application for renewal of registration, may not be a defense in any
action or proceeding involving failure to renew registration, and may
not subject the commissioner to any legal liability.
2059. (a) The commissioner shall collect from employers a
registration fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each branch
location. The commissioner may periodically adjust the registration
fee for inflation to ensure that the fee is sufficient to fund all
costs to administer and enforce the provisions of this part.
(b) In addition to the fee specified in subdivision (a), each
employer shall be assessed an annual fee of fifty dollars ($50) for
each branch location which shall be deposited in the Car Wash Worker
Restitution Fund.
2060. No employer may conduct any business without complying with
the registration and bond requirements of this chapter.
2061. The commissioner may not approve the registration of any
employer until all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The employer has executed a written application, in a form
prescribed by the commissioner, subscribed, and sworn by the employer
containing the following:
(1) The name of the business entity and, if applicable, its
fictitious or "doing business as" name.
(2) The form of the business entity and, if a corporation, all of
the following:
(A) The date of incorporation.
(B) The state in which incorporated.
(C) If a foreign corporation, the date the articles of
incorporation were filed with the California Secretary of State.
(D) Whether the corporation is in good standing with the Secretary
of State.
(3) The federal employer identification number (FEIN) and the
state employer identification number (SEIN) of the business.
(4) The business' address and telephone number and, if applicable,
the addresses and telephone numbers of any branch locations.
(5) Whether the application is for a new or renewal registration
and, if the application is for a renewal, the prior registration
number.
(6) The names, residential addresses, telephone numbers, and
Social Security numbers of the following persons:
(A) All corporate officers, if the business entity is a
corporation.
(B) All persons exercising management responsibility in the
applicant's office, regardless of form of business entity.
(C) All persons, except bona fide employees on regular salaries,
who have a financial interest of 10 percent or more in the business,
regardless of the form of business entity, and the actual percent
owned by each of those persons.
(7) The policy number, effective date, expiration date, and name
and address of the carrier of the applicant business' current workers'
compensation coverage.
(8) Whether any persons named in response to subparagraphs (A),
(B), or (C) of subparagraph (6) of this section presently:
(A) Owe any unpaid wages.
(B) Have unpaid judgments outstanding.
(C) Have any liens or suits pending in court against himself or
herself.
(D) Owe payroll taxes, or personal, partnership, or corporate
income taxes, Social Security taxes, or disability insurance.
An applicant who answers affirmatively to any item described in
paragraph (8) shall provide, as part of the application, additional
information on the unpaid amounts, including the name and address of
the party owed, the amount owed, and any existing payment
arrangements.
(9) Whether any persons named in response to subparagraphs (A),
(B), or (C) of paragraph (6) of this section have ever been cited or
assessed any penalty for violating any provision of the Labor Code.
An applicant who answers affirmatively to any item described in
paragraph (9) shall provide additional information, as part of the
application, on the date, nature of citation, amount of penalties
assessed for each citation, and the disposition of the citation, if
any. The application shall describe any appeal filed. If the citation
was not appealed, or if it was upheld on appeal, the applicant shall
state whether the penalty assessment was paid.
(b) The employer has paid a registration fee to the commissioner
pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2055.
2062. The commissioner may not register or renew the registration
of an employer in any of the following circumstances:
(a) The employer has not fully satisfied any final judgment for
unpaid wages due to an employee or former employee of a business for
which the employer is required to register under this chapter.
(b) The employer has failed to remit the proper amount of
contributions required by the Unemployment Insurance Code or the
Employment Development Department had made an assessment for those
unpaid contributions against the employer that has become final and
the employer has not fully paid the amount of delinquency for those
unpaid contributions.
(c) The employer has failed to remit the amount of Social Security
and Medicare tax contributions required by the Federal Insurance
Contributions Act (FICA) to the Internal Revenue Service and the
employer has not fully paid the amount or delinquency for those
unpaid contributions.
2063. On the Web site of the Department of Industrial Relations the
Labor Commissioner shall post a list of registered car washing and
polishing businesses, including the name, address, registration
number, and effective dates of registration.
2064. An employer who fails to register pursuant to Section 2054 is
subject to a civil fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for each
calendar day, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the
employer conducts car washing and polishing while unregistered.
2065. (a) The Car Wash Worker Restitution Fund is established in
the State Treasury.
(1) The following moneys shall be deposited into this fund:
(A) The annual fee required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
2059.
(B) Fifty percent of the fines collected pursuant to Section 2064.
(C) Fifty dollars ($50) of the initial registration fee required
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2059.
(2) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the moneys in the fund
shall be disbursed by the commissioner only to persons determined by
the commissioner to have been damaged by the failure to pay wages and
penalties and other related damages by any employer, to ensure the
payment of wages and penalties and other related damages. Any
disbursed funds subsequently recovered by the commissioner shall be
returned to the fund.
(b) The Car Wash Worker Fund is established in the State Treasury.
(1) The following moneys shall be deposited into this fund:
(A) Fifty percent of the fines collected pursuant to Section 2064.
(B) The initial registration fee required pursuant to subdivision
(a) of Section 2059, less the amount specified in subparagraph (C) of
paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).
(2) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the moneys in this fund
shall be applied to costs incurred by the commissioner in
administering the provisions of this part and enforcement and
investigation of the car washing and polishing industry.
(c) The Department of Industrial Relations may establish by
regulation those procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of
this section.
