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time to the work of the division and shall receive their actual necessary traveling expenses. The division shall maintain offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, Oakland, Fresno, San Jose, and in such other places as the Labor Commissioner may deem necessary.

      (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 746.)

      82. (a) The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement succeeds to, and is vested with, all of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Division of Labor Law Enforcement, which is hereby abolished.

      (b) All powers, duties, purposes, and responsibilities of the Labor Commissioner, who is Chief of the Division of Labor Law Enforcement, are hereby transferred to the Labor Commissioner who is the Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.

      (c) Any regulation or other action made, prescribed, issued, granted, or performed by the abolished Division of Labor Law Enforcement in the administration, performance, or implementation of a function transferred pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section shall remain in effect and shall be deemed to be a regulation or action of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement unless and until repealed, modified, or rescinded by such division.

      (d) Whenever any reference is made in any law to the abolished Division of Labor Law Enforcement, it shall be deemed to be a reference to, and to mean, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.

      (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 746.)

      83. (a) The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement succeeds to, and is vested with, all of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Division of Industrial Welfare, which is hereby abolished.

      (b) All powers, duties, purposes, and responsibilities of the Chief, Division of Industrial Welfare are hereby transferred to the Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.

      (c) Any regulation or other action made, prescribed, issued, granted, or performed by the abolished Division of Industrial Welfare in the administration, performance, or implementation of a function transferred pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section shall remain in effect and shall be deemed to be a regulation or action of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement unless and until repealed, modified, or rescinded by such division.

      (d) Whenever any reference is made in any law to the abolished Division of Industrial Welfare it shall be deemed to be a reference to, and to mean, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.

      (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 746.)

      87. All persons, other than temporary employees, serving in the state civil service and engaged in the performance of a function transferred pursuant to this chapter, or engaged in the administration of a law, the administration of which is transferred pursuant to this chapter, shall, in accordance with Section 19050.9 of the Government Code, remain in the state civil service and are hereby transferred to the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. The status, positions, and rights of those persons shall not be affected by their transfer and shall continue to be retained by them pursuant to the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 5 of the Government Code), except as to positions the duties of which are vested in a position that is exempt from civil service.

      (Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 140, Sec. 135. Effective January 1, 2010.)

      88. The personnel records of all employees transferred pursuant to Section 87 shall remain in the Department of Industrial Relations.

      (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 746.)

      89. The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement 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 the Division of Labor Law Enforcement and the Division of Industrial Welfare with respect to the functions transferred pursuant to this chapter.

      (Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 746.)

      89.5. The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasury made available by law for the administration of the statutes the administration of which is committed to it pursuant to this chapter, or for the use, support, or maintenance of any board, bureau, commission, department, office, or officer whose duties, powers, and functions have been transferred to, and conferred upon, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement pursuant to this chapter. Such expenditures by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall be made in accordance with law in carrying out the purposes for which the appropriations were made or the special funds created.

      (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 746.)

      90. The Labor Commissioner, his deputies and agents, shall have free access to all places of labor. Any person, or agent or officer thereof, who refuses admission to the Labor Commissioner or his deputy or agent or who, upon request, willfully neglects or refuses to furnish them any statistics or information, pertaining to their lawful duties, which are in his possession or under his control, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

      (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 188. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)

      90.3. (a) It is the policy of this state to vigorously enforce the laws requiring employers to secure the payment of compensation as required by Section 3700 and to protect employers who comply with the law from those who attempt to gain a competitive advantage at the expense of their workers by failing to secure the payment of compensation.

      (b) In order to ensure that the laws requiring employers to secure the payment of compensation are adequately enforced, the Labor Commissioner shall establish and maintain a program that systematically identifies unlawfully uninsured employers. The Labor Commissioner, in consultation with the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation and the director, may prioritize targets for the program in consideration of available resources. The employers shall be identified from data from the Uninsured Employers’ Fund, the Employment Development Department, the rating organizations licensed by the Insurance Commissioner pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 11750) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, and any other sources deemed likely to lead to the identification of unlawfully uninsured employers. All state departments and agencies and any rating organization licensed by the Insurance Commissioner pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 11750) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code shall cooperate with the Labor Commissioner and on reasonable request provide information and data in their possession reasonably necessary to carry out the program.

      (c) As part of the program, the Labor Commissioner shall establish procedures for ensuring that employers with payroll but with no record of workers’ compensation coverage are contacted and, if no valid reason for the lack of record of coverage is shown, inspected on a priority basis.

      (d) The Labor Commissioner shall annually, not later than March 1, prepare a report concerning the effectiveness of the program, publish it on the Labor Commissioner’s Web site, as well as notify the Legislature, the Governor, the Insurance Commissioner, and the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation of the report’s availability. The report shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

      (1) The number of employers identified from records of the Employment Development Department who were screened for matching records of insurance coverage or self-insurance.

      (2) The number of employers identified from records of the Employment Development Department that were matched to records of insurance coverage or self-insurance.

      (3) The number of employers identified from records of the Employment Development Department that were notified that there was no record of their insurance coverage.

      (4) The number of employers responding to the notices, and the nature of the responses, including the number of employers who failed to provide satisfactory proof of workers’ compensation coverage and including information about the reasons that employers who provided satisfactory proof of coverage were not appropriately recognized

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