6650-6652
LABOR CODE
SECTION 6650-6652
6650. (a) After the expiration of the period during which a penalty may be appealed, no appeal having been filed, the department may file with the clerk of the superior court in any county a certified copy of the citation and notice of civil penalty, the certification by the department that the penalty remains unpaid, and the division's proof of service on the employer of the items filed with the clerk of the court. (b) After the exhaustion of the review procedures provided for in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6600), an appeal having been filed, the department may file with the clerk of the superior court in any county a certified copy of the citation and notice of civil penalty, a certified copy of the order, findings or decision of the appeals board, the certification of the department that the penalty remains unpaid, and proof of service on the employer at the employer' s address as shown on the official address record by the appeals board. (c) The clerk, immediately upon the filing of a notice of civil penalty by the department pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b), shall enter judgment for the state against the person assessed the civil penalty in the amount of the penalty, plus interest due for each day from the date of issuance of the notice of civil penalty that the penalty remains unpaid. (d) The department shall serve the notice of entry of judgment provided by Section 664.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure on the employer. (e) A judgment entered pursuant to this section shall bear the same rate of interest, have the same effect as other judgments, and be given the same preference allowed by law on other judgments rendered for claims for taxes pursuant to Section 7170 of the Government Code. (f) No fees shall be charged by the clerk of any court for the performance of any official service required by this chapter. 6651. (a) Notwithstanding Section 340 of the Code of Civil Procedure, an action to collect any civil penalty, fee, or penalty fee under this division shall be commenced within three years from the date the penalty or fee became final. (b) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall only apply to penalty assessments or fees for which the three-year period prescribed in this section for the commencement of an action to collect a civil penalty or fee has not expired on the effective date of the act adding this subdivision. 6652. The division shall provide the Contractors' State License Board with a certified copy of every notice of civil penalty deemed to be a final order pursuant to Section 6601 or after the exhaustion of all other review procedures pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6600) when both of the following have occurred: (a) The employer served with the notice of civil penalty is, or is thought to be, a licensee licensed by the Contractors' State License Board. (b) The employer referred to in subdivision (a) has failed to pay the civil penalty after a period of 60 days following that employer's receipt of the notice of civil penalty. (c) When the employer has paid the civil penalty referenced in the certified copy of notice of civil penalty that was provided to the Contractors' State License Board, including all interest owed thereon, then the division shall provide to the employer who was the subject of the certified copy of notice a written confirmation or receipt stating that the employer has paid the amount owed that was the subject of the certified notice provided to the board.