Lab. Code, § 1778 · Article 2. Wages
Lab. Code, § 1778
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Every person, who individually or as a representative of an awarding or public body or officer, or as a contractor or subcontractor doing public work, or agent or officer thereof, who takes, receives, or conspires with another to take or receive, for his or her own use or the use of any other person any portion of the wages of any worker or working subcontractor, in connection with services rendered upon any public work is guilty of a felony.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 28, Sec. 23. (SB 96) Effective June 27, 2017.
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