Section 16645.1 Of Chapter 6. Prohibition On Use Of State Funds And Facilities To Assist, Promote, Or Deter Union Organizing From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 6.
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. (a) No state funds shall be used to reimburse a state
contractor for any costs incurred to assist, promote, or deter union
organizing.
(b) Every request for reimbursement from state funds by a state
contractor shall include a certification that the contractor is not
seeking reimbursement for costs incurred to assist, promote, or deter
union organizing. A state contractor that incurs costs to assist,
promote, or deter union organizing shall maintain records sufficient
to show that no reimbursement from state funds has been sought for
those costs. The state contractor shall provide those records to the
Attorney General upon request.
(c) A state contractor is liable to the state for the amount of
any funds obtained in violation of subdivision (a) plus a civil
penalty equal to twice the amount of those funds.
(d) This section does not apply to a fixed-price contract or to
any other arrangement by which the amount of the payment of state
funds does not depend on the costs incurred by the state contractor.