Department of Transportation: goods movement data.

(1) Existing law requires the Transportation Agency to prepare a state freight plan on or before December 31, 2014, and every 5 years thereafter, with specified elements to govern the immediate and long-range planning activities and capital investments of the state with respect to the movement of freight. Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation within the agency and, among other things, requires the department to gather data related to public contracts awarded by the department. Existing law authorizes the establishment of harbor districts and port districts with specified powers, as provided. This bill would require the department to create a web page on its internet website that contains links to existing registries and databases related to drayage trucks from certain sources. The bill would require maritime ports with annual cargo volumes of greater than 1,000,000 20-foot equivalent units to anonymously survey trucking companies every 2 years on the number of drivers classified as independent contractors and the number of drivers classified as employee drivers, as specified, to post the survey data on their internet websites, and to transmit a link to the data collected to the department. To the extent this bill would impose additional duties on local agencies operating a maritime port, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to, among other things, foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. Existing law requires the department to collect various forms of data, statistics, and research regarding labor within the state. This bill would require the Department of Industrial Relations to provide the Department of Transportation with links to existing public registries and databases with information about drayage trucks, employers who are committing workers' compensation fraud, and health and safety enforcement activity, as provided. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.