Section 10186 Of Article 5. Award Of Contracts From California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 5.
10186
. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the
"Fair Chance Employment Act."
(b) Any person submitting a bid to the state on a contract
involving onsite construction-related services shall certify that the
person will not ask an applicant for onsite construction-related
employment to disclose orally or in writing information concerning
the conviction history of the applicant on or at the time of an
initial employment application.
(c) This section shall not apply to a position for which the
person or the state is otherwise required by state or federal law to
conduct a conviction history background check or to any contract
position with a criminal justice agency, as that term is defined in
Section 13101 of the Penal Code.
(d) This section shall not apply to a person to the extent that he
or she obtains workers from a hiring hall pursuant to a bona fide
collective bargaining agreement.