(a) An insurer who issues a workers’ compensation insurance policy to a roofing contractor holding a C-39 license from the Contractors’ State License Board shall perform an annual payroll audit for the contractor. This audit shall include an in-person visit to the place of business of the roofing contractor to verify whether the number of employees reported by the contractor is accurate. The insurer may impose a surcharge on each policyholder audited under this subdivision in an amount necessary to recoup the reasonable costs of conducting the annual payroll audits.
(b) The commissioner shall direct the rating organization designated as his or her statistical agent to compile pertinent statistical data on those holding C-39 licenses, as reported by the appropriate state entity, on an annual basis and provide a report to him or her each year. The data shall track the total annual payroll and loss data reported on those holding C-39 licenses in accordance with the standard workers’ compensation insurance classifications applicable to roofing operations. The data shall include the number of employers, total payroll, total losses, and the losses per one hundred dollars ($100) of payroll by the employers’ annual payroll intervals as follows:
1 to 4,999 5,000 to 9,999 10,000 to 14,999 15,000 to 19,999 20,000 to 24,999 25,000 to 29,999 30,000 to 39,999 40,000 to 49,999 50,000 to 74,999 75,000 to 99,999 100,000 to 199,999 200,000 to 299,999 300,000 to 399,999 400,000 to 499,999 500,000 to 599,999 600,000 to 699,999 700,000 to 799,999 800,000 to 899,999 900,000 to 999,999 1,000,000 to 1,099,999 1,100,000 to 1,199,999 1,200,000 to 1,299,999 1,300,000 to 1,399,999 1,400,000 to 1,499,999 1,500,000 or more
The report shall also be provided to the Legislature by the commissioner, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 140. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018