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DIVISION 2. EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION 200-2699.5›PART 7. PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC AGENCIES 1720-1964›CHAPTER 1. Public Works 1720-1861›ARTICLE 2. Wages 1770-1784

§ 1778

California Labor Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

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.

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 28, Sec. 23. (SB 96) Effective June 27, 2017.)

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