(a) An insurer who issues a workers’ compensation insurance policy to a roofing contractor holding a C-39 license from the Contractors’ State License Board shall perform an annual payroll audit for the contractor. This audit shall include an in-person visit to the place of business of the roofing contractor to verify whether the number of employees reported by the contractor is accurate. The insurer may impose a surcharge on each policyholder audited under this subdivision in an amount necessary to recoup the reasonable costs of conducting the annual payroll audits.

(b) The commissioner shall direct the rating organization designated as his or her statistical agent to compile pertinent statistical data on those holding C-39 licenses, as reported by the appropriate state entity, on an annual basis and provide a report to him or her each year. The data shall track the total annual payroll and loss data reported on those holding C-39 licenses in accordance with the standard workers’ compensation insurance classifications applicable to roofing operations. The data shall include the number of employers, total payroll, total losses, and the losses per one hundred dollars ($100) of payroll by the employers’ annual payroll intervals as follows:

1 to

4,999

5,000 to

9,999

10,000 to

14,999

15,000 to

19,999

20,000 to

24,999

25,000 to

29,999

30,000 to

39,999

40,000 to

49,999

50,000 to

74,999

75,000 to

99,999

100,000 to

199,999

200,000 to

299,999

300,000 to

399,999

400,000 to

499,999

500,000 to

599,999

600,000 to

699,999

700,000 to

799,999

800,000 to

899,999

900,000 to

999,999

1,000,000 to

1,099,999

1,100,000 to

1,199,999

1,200,000 to

1,299,999

1,300,000 to

1,399,999

1,400,000 to

1,499,999

1,500,000 or more

The report shall also be provided to the Legislature by the commissioner, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 140. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)