2007 California Labor Code Chapter 1. General Powers And Duties

CA Codes (lab:50-64)

50.  There is in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency the
Department of Industrial Relations.



50.5.  One of the functions of the Department of Industrial
Relations is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage
earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to
advance their opportunities for profitable employment.




50.6.  The Department of Industrial Relations may assist and
cooperate with the Wage and Hour Division, and the Children's Bureau,
United States Department of Labor, in the enforcement within this
State of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and, subject to the
regulations of the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, or
the Chief of the Children's Bureau, and subject to the laws of the
State applicable to the receipt and expenditures of money, may be
reimbursed by the division or the bureau for the reasonable cost of
such assistance and cooperation.



50.7.  (a) The Department of Industrial Relations is the state
agency designated to be responsible for administering the state plan
for the development and enforcement of occupational safety and health
standards relating to issues covered by corresponding standards
promulgated under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (Public Law 91-596).  The state plan shall be consistent with
the provisions of state law governing occupational safety and health,
including, but not limited to, Chapter 6 (commencing with Section
140) and Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 148) of Division 1, and
Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300), of this code.
   (b) The budget and budget bill submitted pursuant to Article IV,
Section 12 of the California Constitution shall include in the item
for the support of the Department of Industrial Relations amounts
sufficient to fully carry out the purposes and provisions of the
state plan and this code in a manner which assures that the risk of
industrial injury, exposure to toxic substances, illness and death to
employees will be minimized.
   (c) Because Federal grants are available, maximum Federal funding
shall be sought and, to the extent possible, the cost of
administering the state plan shall be paid by funds obtained from
federal grants.
   (d) The Governor and the Department of Industrial Relations shall
take all steps necessary to prevent withdrawal of approval for the
state plan by the Federal government.  If Federal approval of the
state plan has been withdrawn before passage of this initiative, or
if it is withdrawn at any time after passage of this initiative, the
Governor shall submit a new state plan immediately so that California
shall be approved and shall continue to have access to Federal
funds.



50.8.  The department shall develop a long range program for
upgrading and expanding the resources of the State of California in
the area of occupational health and medicine.  The program shall
include a contractual agreement with the University of California for
the creation of occupational health centers affiliated with regional
schools of medicine and public health.  One such occupational health
center shall be situated in the northern part of the state and one
in the southern part.  The primary function of these occupational
health centers shall be the training of occupational physicians and
nurses, toxicologists, epidemiologists, and industrial hygienists.
In addition, the centers shall serve as referral centers for
occupational illnesses and shall engage in research on the causes,
diagnosis, and prevention of occupational illnesses.
   The centers shall also inform the Division of Occupational Safety
and Health Administration of the Department of Industrial Relations,
State Department of Health Services, and the Department of Food and
Agriculture of their clinical and research findings.



50.9.  In furtherance of the provisions of Section 50.5, the
director, or the Director of Employment Development, may comment on
the impact of actions or projects proposed by public agencies on
opportunities for profitable employment, and such agencies shall
consider such comments in their decisions.



51.  The department shall be conducted under the control of an
executive officer known as Director of Industrial Relations.  The
Director of Industrial Relations shall be appointed by the Governor
with the advice and consent of the Senate and hold office at the
pleasure of the Governor and shall receive an annual salary provided
for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.



52.  Except as otherwise prescribed in this code, the provisions of
the Government Code relating to departments of the State shall govern
and apply to the conduct of the department.



53.  Whenever in Section 1001 or in Part 1 (commencing with Section
11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code "head of the
department" or similar designation occurs, the same shall, for the
purposes of this code, mean the director, except that in respect to
matters which by the express provisions of this code are committed to
or retained under the jurisdiction of the Division of Workers'
Compensation, the State Compensation Insurance Fund, the Occupational
Safety and Health Standards Board, the Occupational Safety and
Health Appeals Board, or the Industrial Welfare Commission the
designation shall mean the Division of Workers' Compensation, the
Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, the
Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, the State Compensation
Insurance Fund, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board,
the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board, or the Industrial
Welfare Commission, as the case may be.



54.  The director shall perform all duties, exercise all powers and
jurisdiction, assume and discharge all responsibilities, and carry
out and effect all purposes vested by law in the department, except
as otherwise expressly provided by this code.



54.5.  The director may appoint an attorney and assistants licensed
to practice law in this state.  In the absence of an appointment, the
attorney for the Division of Workers' Compensation shall also
perform legal services for the department as the Director of
Industrial Relations may direct.



55.  For the purpose of administration the director shall organize
the department subject to the approval of the Governor, in the manner
he deems necessary properly to segregate and conduct the work of the
department.  Notwithstanding any provision in this code to the
contrary, the director may require any division in the department to
assist in the enforcement of any or all laws within the jurisdiction
of the department.  Except as provided in Section 18930 of the Health
and Safety Code, the director may, in accordance with the provisions
of Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11371), Part 1, Division 3,
Title 2 of the Government Code, make rules and regulations that are
reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and
to effectuate its purposes.  The provisions of this section, however,
shall not apply to the Division of Workers' Compensation or the
State Compensation Insurance Fund, except as to any power or
jurisdiction within those divisions as may have been specifically
conferred upon the director by law.



56.  The work of the department shall be divided into at least six
divisions known as the Division of  Workers' Compensation, the
Division of Occupational Safety and Health, the Division of Labor
Standards Enforcement, the Division of Labor Statistics and Research,
the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, and the State Compensation
Insurance Fund.



57.  Each division shall be in charge of a chief who shall be
appointed by the Governor and shall receive a salary fixed in
accordance with law, and shall serve at the pleasure of the director.



57.1.  (a) The Chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and
Health shall receive an annual salary as provided by Chapter 6
(commencing with Section 11550) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.
   (b) All officers or employees of the Division of Occupational
Safety and Health employed after the operative date of this section
shall be appointed by the director in accordance with the provisions
of the State Civil Service Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, two
deputy chiefs of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall
be appointed by the Governor, with the advice of the Director of
Industrial Relations, to serve at the pleasure of the Director of
Industrial Relations.  The two deputy chiefs shall be exempt from
civil service.  The annual salaries of the two exempted deputy chiefs
shall be fixed by the Director of Industrial Relations, subject to
the approval of the Director of Finance.



57.5.  All duties, powers, and jurisdiction relating to the
administration of the State Compensation Insurance Fund shall be
vested in the Board of Directors of the State Compensation Insurance
Fund.


58.  The department shall have possession and control of all
records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds,
appropriations, land, and other property, real or personal, held for
the benefit or use of all commissions, divisions, and offices of the
department and the title to all such property held for the use and
benefit of the State is hereby transferred to the State.



59.  The department through its appropriate officers shall
administer and enforce all laws imposing any duty, power, or function
upon the offices or officers of the department.



60.  Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of Divisions 4 and
4.5 of this code shall be administered and enforced by the Division
of Workers' Compensation.



60.5.  (a) The provisions of Part 1 of Division 5 of this code shall
be administered and enforced by the department through the Division
of Occupational Safety and Health, subject to the direction of the
director pursuant to Section 50.7.
   (b) The Division of Occupational Safety and Health succeeds to,
and is vested with, all of the powers, duties, purposes,
responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Division of Industrial
Safety, which is hereby abolished, and any other jurisdiction
conferred by law.
   (c) All powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Chief of the
Division of Industrial Safety are hereby transferred to the Chief of
the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
   (d) Any regulation or other action made, prescribed, issued,
granted, or performed by the abolished Division of Industrial Safety
in the administration of a function transferred pursuant to
subdivision (b) shall remain in effect and shall be deemed to be a
regulation or action of the Division of Occupational Safety and
Health unless and until repealed, modified, or rescinded by such
division.
   (e) Whenever any reference is made in any law to the abolished
Division of Industrial Safety, it shall be deemed to be a reference
to, and to mean, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.




60.6.  All persons serving in the state civil service in the
Division of Industrial Safety or in the Occupational Health Branch of
the State Department of Health Services, and engaged in the
performance of a function transferred to the Division of Occupational
Safety and Health shall, in accordance with Section 19370 of the
Government Code, remain in the state civil service and are hereby
transferred to the Department of Industrial Relations.  The status,
positions, and rights of such persons shall not be affected by their
transfer and shall continue to be retained by them pursuant to the
State Civil Service Act, except as to positions the duties of which
are vested in a position that is exempt from civil service.




60.7.  The Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall have
possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices,
equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, licenses,
permits, agreements, contracts, claims, judgments, and other
property, real or personal, held for the benefit or use of the
Division of Industrial Safety and the Occupational Health Branch of
the State Department of Health Services with respect to the functions
of those organizations that are transferred to the Division of
Occupational Safety and Health.


60.8.  The Division of Occupational Safety and Health may expend
money appropriated for the administration of the laws the enforcement
of which is committed to the division.  Such expenditures by the
division shall be made in accordance with law in carrying out the
purposes for which the appropriations were made.



60.9.  There is within the Division of Occupational Safety and
Health an occupational health unit and an occupational safety unit,
which shall assist in the performance of occupational health
functions and occupational safety functions, respectively, assigned
to the division by law.  There is also within the occupational health
unit an occupational carcinogen control unit responsible for
implementing the division's obligations pursuant to the Occupational
Carcinogens Control Act of 1976 (Part 10 (commencing with Sec.
9000)).  The division, in performing its responsibilities under this
code, shall provide for laboratory services and service personnel
with respect to occupational health matters by interagency agreement
with the State Department of Health Services or another public
entity, by contract with a private sector laboratory, or by
establishment of a laboratory within the division, or by a
combination thereof.  In the event that the division contracts with
the private sector for laboratory services, the division shall enter
into an interagency agreement with the State Department of Health
Services for quality control and performance evaluation of the
contract laboratory as well as analysis of nonroutine laboratory
samples.


61.  The provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1171) of
Part 4 of Division 2 shall be administered and enforced by the
department through the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.



62.  The department may expend money appropriated for the
administration of the provisions of the laws, the enforcement of
which is committed to the department.  The department may expend such
money for the use, support, or maintenance of any commission or
office of the department.  Such expenditures by the department shall
be made in accordance with law in carrying on the work for which such
appropriations were made.



62.5.  (a) (1) The Workers' Compensation Administration Revolving
Fund is hereby created as a special account in the State Treasury.
Money in the fund may be expended by the department, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, for all of the following purposes,
and may not be used or borrowed for any other purpose:
   (A) For the administration of the workers' compensation program
set forth in this division and Division 4 (commencing with Section
3200), other than the activities financed pursuant to Section 3702.5.

   (B) For the Return-to-Work Program set forth in Section 139.48.
   (C) For the enforcement of the insurance coverage program
established and maintained by the Labor Commissioner pursuant to
Section 90.3.
   (2) The fund shall consist of surcharges made pursuant to
subdivision (e).
   (b) (1) The Uninsured Employers Benefits Trust Fund is hereby
created as a special trust fund account in the State Treasury, of
which the director is trustee, and its sources of funds are as
provided in subdivision (e). Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the
Government Code, the fund is continuously appropriated for the
payment of nonadministrative expenses of the workers' compensation
program for workers injured while employed by uninsured employers in
accordance with Article 2 (commencing with Section 3710) of Chapter 4
of Part 1 of Division 4, and shall not be used for any other
purpose. All moneys collected shall be retained in the trust fund
until paid as benefits to workers injured while employed by uninsured
employers. Nonadministrative expenses include audits and reports of
services prepared pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 3716.1. The
surcharge amount for this fund shall be stated separately.
   (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all references to
the Uninsured Employers Fund shall mean the Uninsured Employers
Benefits Trust Fund.
   (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in the event that budgetary
restrictions or impasse prevent the timely payment of administrative
expenses from the Workers' Compensation Administration Revolving
Fund, those expenses shall be advanced from the Uninsured Employers
Benefits Trust Fund. Expense advances made pursuant to this paragraph
shall be reimbursed in full to the Uninsured Employers Benefits
Trust Fund upon enactment of the annual Budget Act.
   (4) Any moneys from penalties collected pursuant to Section 3722
as a result of the insurance coverage program established under
Section 90.3 shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit
of the Workers' Compensation Administration Revolving Fund created
under Section 62.5, to cover expenses incurred by the director under
the insurance coverage program. The amount of any penalties in excess
of payment of administrative expenses incurred by the director for
the insurance coverage program established under Section 90.3 shall
be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Uninsured
Employers Benefits Trust Fund for nonadministrative expenses, as
prescribed in paragraph (1), and notwithstanding paragraph (1), shall
only be available upon appropriation by the Legislature.
   (c) (1) The Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund is hereby
created as a special trust fund account in the State Treasury, of
which the director is trustee, and its sources of funds are as
provided in subdivision (e). Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the
Government Code, the fund is continuously appropriated for the
nonadministrative expenses of the workers' compensation program for
workers who have suffered serious injury and who are suffering from
previous and serious permanent disabilities or physical impairments,
in accordance with Article 5 (commencing with Section 4751) of
Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 4, and Section 4 of Article XIV of
the California Constitution, and shall not be used for any other
purpose. All moneys collected shall be retained in the trust fund
until paid as benefits to workers who have suffered serious injury
and who are suffering from previous and serious permanent
disabilities or physical impairments. Nonadministrative expenses
include audits and reports of services pursuant to subdivision (c) of
Section 4755. The surcharge amount for this fund shall be stated
separately.
   (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all references to
the Subsequent Injuries Fund shall mean the Subsequent Injuries
Benefits Trust Fund.
   (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in the event that budgetary
restrictions or impasse prevent the timely payment of administrative
expenses from the Workers' Compensation Administration Revolving
Fund, those expenses shall be advanced from the Subsequent Injuries
Benefits Trust Fund. Expense advances made pursuant to this paragraph
shall be reimbursed in full to the Subsequent Injuries Benefits
Trust Fund upon enactment of the annual Budget Act.
   (d) The Occupational Safety and Health Fund is hereby created as a
special account in the State Treasury. Moneys in the account may be
expended by the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
for support of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, the
Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, and the Occupational
Safety and Health Appeals Board, and the activities these entities
perform as set forth in this division, and Division 5 (commencing
with Section 6300).
   (e) (1) Separate surcharges shall be levied by the director upon
all employers, as defined in Section 3300, for purposes of deposit in
the Workers' Compensation Administration Revolving Fund, the
Uninsured Employers Benefits Trust Fund, the Subsequent Injuries
Benefits Trust Fund, and the Occupational Safety and Health Fund. The
total amount of the surcharges shall be allocated between
self-insured employers and insured employers in proportion to payroll
respectively paid in the most recent year for which payroll
information is available. The director shall adopt reasonable
regulations governing the manner of collection of the surcharges. The
regulations shall require the surcharges to be paid by self-insurers
to be expressed as a percentage of indemnity paid during the most
recent year for which information is available, and the surcharges to
be paid by insured employers to be expressed as a percentage of
premium.  In no event shall the surcharges paid by insured employers
be considered a premium for computation of a gross premium tax or
agents' commission. In no event shall the total amount of the
surcharges paid by insured and self-insured employers exceed the
amounts reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this
section.
   (2) The regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure
Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).



62.6.  (a) The director shall levy and collect assessments from
employers in accordance with subdivision (b), as necessary, to
collect the aggregate amount determined by the Fraud Assessment
Commission pursuant to Section 1872.83 of the Insurance Code.
Revenues derived from the assessments shall be deposited in the
Workers' Compensation Fraud Account in the Insurance Fund and shall
only be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the
investigation and prosecution of workers' compensation fraud and the
willful failure to secure payment of workers' compensation, as
prescribed by Section 1872.83 of the Insurance Code.
   (b) Assessments shall be levied by the director upon all employers
as defined in Section 3300.  The total amount of the assessment
shall be allocated between self-insured employers and insured
employers in proportion to payroll respectively paid in the most
recent year for which payroll information is available.  The director
shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations governing the
manner of collection of the assessment.  The rules and regulations
shall require the assessment to be paid by self-insurers to be
expressed as a percentage of indemnity paid during the most recent
year for which information is available, and the assessment to be
paid by insured employers to be expressed as a percentage of premium.
  In no event shall the assessment paid by insured employers be
considered a premium for computation of a gross premium tax or agents'
commission.


62.7.  (a) The Cal-OSHA Targeted Inspection and Consultation Fund is
hereby created as a special account in the State Treasury.  Proceeds
of the fund may be expended by the department, upon appropriation by
the Legislature, for the costs of the Cal-OSHA targeted inspection
program provided by Section 6314.1 and the costs of the Cal-OSHA
targeted consultation program provided by subdivision (a) of Section
6354, and for costs related to assessments levied and collected
pursuant to Section 62.9.
   (b) The fund shall consist of the assessments made pursuant to
Section 62.9 and other moneys transferred to the fund.



62.9.  (a) (1) The director shall levy and collect assessments from
employers in accordance with this section. The total amount of the
assessment collected shall be the amount determined by the director
to be necessary to produce the revenue sufficient to fund the
programs specified by Section 62.7, except that the amount assessed
in any year for those purposes shall not exceed 50 percent of the
amounts appropriated from the General Fund for the support of the
occupational safety and health program for the 1993-94 fiscal year,
adjusted for inflation. The director also shall include in the total
assessment amount the department's costs for administering the
assessment, including the collections process and the cost of
reimbursing the Franchise Tax Board for its cost of collection
activities pursuant to subdivision (c).
   (2) The insured employers and private sector self-insured
employers that, pursuant to subdivision (b), are subject to
assessment shall be assessed, respectively, on the basis of their
annual payroll subject to premium charges or their annual payroll
that would be subject to premium charges if the employer were
insured, as follows:
   (A) An employer with a payroll of less than two hundred fifty
thousand dollars (0,000) shall be assessed one hundred dollars
(0).
   (B) An employer with a payroll of two hundred fifty thousand
dollars (0,000) or more, but not more than five hundred thousand
dollars (0,000), shall be assessed two hundred dollars (0).
   (C) An employer with a payroll of more than five hundred thousand
dollars (0,000), but not more than seven hundred fifty thousand
dollars (0,000), shall be assessed four hundred dollars (0).
   (D) An employer with a payroll of more than seven hundred fifty
thousand dollars (0,000), but not more than one million dollars
(,000,000), shall be assessed six hundred dollars (0).
   (E) An employer with a payroll of more than one million dollars
(,000,000), but not more than one million five hundred thousand
dollars (,500,000), shall be assessed eight hundred dollars (0).

   (F) An employer with a payroll of more than one million five
hundred thousand dollars (,500,000), but not more than two million
dollars (,000,000), shall be assessed one thousand dollars
(,000).
   (G) An employer with a payroll of more than two million dollars
(,000,000), but not more than two million five hundred thousand
dollars (,500,000), shall be assessed one thousand five hundred
dollars (,500).
   (H) An employer with a payroll of more than two million five
hundred thousand dollars (,500,000), but not more than three
million five hundred thousand dollars (,500,000), shall be assessed
two thousand dollars (,000).
   (I) An employer with a payroll of more than three million five
hundred thousand dollars (,500,000), but not more than four million
five hundred thousand dollars (,500,000), shall be assessed two
thousand five hundred dollars (,500).
   (J) An employer with a payroll of more than four million five
hundred thousand dollars (,500,000), but not more than five million
five hundred thousand dollars (,500,000), shall be assessed three
thousand dollars (,000).
   (K) An employer with a payroll of more than five million five
hundred thousand dollars (,500,000), but not more than seven
million dollars (,000,000), shall be assessed three thousand five
hundred dollars (,500).
   (L) An employer with a payroll of more than seven million dollars
(,000,000), but not more than twenty million dollars (,000,000),
shall be assessed six thousand seven hundred dollars (,700).
   (M) An employer with a payroll of more than twenty million dollars
(,000,000) shall be assessed ten thousand dollars (,000).
   (b) (1) In the manner as specified by this section, the director
shall identify those insured employers having a workers' compensation
experience modification rating of 1.25 or more, and private sector
self-insured employers having an equivalent experience modification
rating of 1.25 or more as determined pursuant to subdivision (e).
   (2) The assessment required by this section shall be levied
annually, on a calendar year basis, on those insured employers and
private sector self-insured employers, as identified pursuant to
paragraph (1), having the highest workers' compensation experience
modification ratings or equivalent experience modification ratings,
that the director determines to be required numerically to produce
the total amount of the assessment to be collected pursuant to
subdivision (a).
   (c) The director shall collect the assessment from insured
employers as follows:
   (1) Upon the request of the director, the Department of Insurance
shall direct the licensed rating organization designated as the
department's statistical agent to provide to the director, for
purposes of subdivision (b), a list of all insured employers having a
workers' compensation experience rating modification of 1.25 or
more, according to the organization's records at the time the list is
requested, for policies commencing the year preceding the year in
which the assessment is to be collected.
   (2) The director shall determine the annual payroll of each
insured employer subject to assessment from the payroll that was
reported to the licensed rating organization identified in paragraph
(1) for the most recent period for which one full year of payroll
information is available for all insured employers.
   (3) On or before September 1 of each year, the director shall
determine each of the current insured employers subject to
assessment, and the amount of the total assessment for which each
insured employer is liable. The director immediately shall notify
each insured employer, in a format chosen by the insurer, of the
insured's obligation to submit payment of the assessment to the
director within 30 days after the date the billing was mailed, and
warn the insured of the penalties for failure to make timely and full
payment as provided by this subdivision.
   (4) The director shall identify any insured employers that, within
30 days after the mailing of the billing notice, fail to pay, or
object to, their assessments. The director shall mail to each of
these employers a notice of delinquency and a notice of the intention
to assess penalties, advising that, if the assessment is not paid in
full within 15 days after the mailing of the notices, the director
will levy against the employer a penalty equal to 25 percent of the
employer's assessment, and will refer the assessment and penalty to
the Franchise Tax Board or another agency for collection. The notices
required by this paragraph shall be sent by United States
first-class mail.
   (5) If an assessment is not paid by an insured employer within 15
days after the mailing of the notices required by paragraph (4), the
director shall refer the delinquent assessment and the penalty to the
Franchise Tax Board, or another agency, as deemed appropriate by the
director, for collection pursuant to Section 19290.1 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code.
   (d) The director shall collect the assessment directly from
private sector self-insured employers. The failure of any private
sector self-insured employer to pay the assessment as billed
constitutes grounds for the suspension or termination of the employer'
s certificate to self-insure.
   (e) The director shall adopt regulations implementing this section
that include provision for a method of determining experience
modification ratings for private sector self-insured employers that
is generally equivalent to the modification ratings that apply to
insured employers and is weighted by both severity and frequency.
   (f) The director shall determine whether the amount collected
pursuant to any assessment exceeds expenditures, as described in
subdivision (a), for the current year and shall credit the amount of
any excess to any deficiency in the prior year's assessment or, if
there is no deficiency, against the assessment for the subsequent
year.


63.  The Director may authorize the refund of moneys received or
collected by the department in payment of license fees or for other
services in cases where the license can not lawfully be issued or the
service rendered to the applicant.


64.  The Labor Commissioner may enter into reciprocal agreements
with the labor department or corresponding agency of any other state
or with the person, board, officer, or commission authorized to act
for and on behalf of that department or agency, for the collection in
that other state of claims or judgments for wages and other demands
based upon claims previously assigned to the Division of Labor
Standards Enforcement.