HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 92-035RESOLUTION HO. 92-35
RESOLUTIOK OF THE CITY COUKCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA OPPOSING AB 1576
REOUIRING LOCAL AGENCIES TO PERFORM THE
POLICING DUTIES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, AND SUPPORTING AB 3251
PLACING THE DUTIES ON THE DEPARTMENT OF
INDUSTRIAL RELATIOHS.
MHfiREAS, The City Council of the City oi Palm Desert,
Celifornia, DOES HEREBY ORDAIM es follows:
Section 1: Whereas, the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert agreee thet all employere should provide Morkers
compensation ineurence; end
Seation 2: Whereaa. the State Department of Industrial
Relations ie the appropriate agency to verify compliance Mith the
laM in thie regard; and
Section 3: Whereae, inspection Departmente and Licensing
agenaiee Mithin the Stat� oi California are noM required to obtain
Certiiicates of Insurance on ell busineseee licensed or obtaining
building pQrmita rithin their juriediction but not all businesses
in the State obtain e buainese license, and/or a building permit,
being exempted by various laMs, and some local juriedictions do not
impose licene� ie�sj and
Section �: Whereas, the lare that require locel agencies
to obtain proof oi rorkers compensetion have now made local
agencie• liable for ALL INDUSTRIAL INJURIES TO ALL MORKERS Mithin
their juriedictionj and
Section 5: Whereas, thi� laN has increased the cast to
local egencies aigniiicantly end the State hes determined that it
ie not required to reimbureQ local agencies for this mandeted
increased cost, including thQ cost of any litigation ior which the
agency ie now held liable; and
Section 6: Wherese, this laN is an unjuet, costly,
impoeition placed on local agencies by the State thereby reducing
the Stetea liability, paeming its responsibility on to local
ag�ncies at a time rhen local agencies are r�ducing stefi and
exp�riencing revenue ehortialls; and
RESOLUTIOM NO. 92-35
Section 7: The City Clerk shall certify to the gaseage and
adoption of this ordinance and shell cause the same to be published
once in the Palm Deaert Post, a neMepaper oi general circulation,
printed, published and circulated within the City oi Palm Desert,
and the same shall be in full iorce and �iiect 30 days after its
adoption.
NOM, THEREFORE, The Palm Des�rt City Council doea her�by
d�clare its opposition to AB 1576 and support oi AB 3251.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED thi� 23rd day of Aaril• 1992.
by th� City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, by the
folloving vote, to wit:
AYES: BEHSOH, CRITES, SNYDER, WILSOH, KELLY
HOES: NONE
ABSEHT: NONE
AHSTAIN: NOHE
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SHEILA R. GIt%yGAN, Ci Clerk
City of Palm D��ert, aliiornia
RICH�►RD S. KELLY, Hayor
City of Palm Desert