Agricultural Labor Relations Board: office., the official text

An act to amend Section 1142 of the Labor Code, relating to labor relations.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

Existing law creates the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, consisting of 5 members, within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Existing law requires the principal office of the board to be in Sacramento, but authorizes the board to meet and exercise its power at any other place in California.
This bill, until January 1, 2028, would eliminate the requirement that the principal office of the board be located in Sacramento and would, instead, require the board to establish an executive or principal office. The bill would make other nonsubstantive changes.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.
Section 1142 of the Labor Code, as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 7 of the Statutes of 2023, is amended to read:
1142.
(a) The board shall establish an executive or principal office, but it may meet and exercise any or all of its power at any other place in California.
(b) Besides the executive or principal office, as provided in subdivision (a), the board may establish offices in other cities as it shall deem necessary. The board may delegate to the personnel of these offices those powers it deems appropriate to determine the unit appropriate for the purpose of collective bargaining, to investigate and provide for hearings, to determine whether a question of representation exists, to direct an election by a secret ballot pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1156), and to certify the results of the election, or to certify a labor organization pursuant to Section 1156.37 and to investigate, conduct hearings, and make determinations relating to unfair labor practices. The board may review any action taken pursuant to the authority delegated under this section upon a request for a review of an action filed with the board by an interested party. Any review made by the board shall not, unless specifically ordered by the board, operate as a stay of any action taken. The entire record considered by the board in considering or acting upon any request or review shall be made available to all parties before the consideration or action, and the board’s findings and action thereon shall be published as a decision of the board.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.