California Labor Code 1720.3 – (a) For the limited purposes of Article 2 (commencing with …
(a) For the limited purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 1770), with respect to contracts involving any state agency, including the California State University and the University of California, or any political subdivision of the state, “public works” also means both of the following:
(1) The hauling of refuse from a public works site to an outside disposal location.
Terms Used In California Labor Code 1720.3
- Agency: means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. See California Labor Code 18.5
- construction: includes work performed during the design, site assessment, feasibility study, and other preconstruction phases of construction, including, but not limited to, inspection and land surveying work, regardless of whether any further construction work is conducted, and work performed during the postconstruction phases of construction, including, but not limited to, all cleanup work at the jobsite. See California Labor Code 1720
- Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
- public works: means all of the following:
California Labor Code 1720
(2) The on hauling of materials used for paving, grading, and fill onto a public works site, if the individual driver’s work is integrated into the flow process of construction.
(b) For purposes of this section, the “hauling of refuse” includes, but is not limited to, hauling soil, sand, gravel, rocks, concrete, asphalt, excavation materials, and construction debris. The “hauling of refuse” shall not include the hauling of recyclable metals such as copper, steel, and aluminum that have been separated from other materials at the jobsite prior to transportation and that are to be sold at fair market value to a bona fide purchaser.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 764, Sec. 2. (AB 1851) Effective January 1, 2023.)