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7A Page 6 . AS 807 (Hancock). This bill would limit an employer's ability to effectively apply the cap of 24 treatment visits for post-surgical workers' compo claims that currently exists for chiropractic, occupation and physical therapy. . AS 1636 (Mendoza). AS 1636 would require the provision of a voucher 74 days after temporary disability is terminated, although not all injuries would need to have reached a permanent and stationary level. Employers would be required to provide vouchers for numerous injured workers whose injuries may not warrant retraining skills for which the voucher is designated. The minimum voucher Is $4,000 with some upwards to $10,000. . A8 1013 (Nava). This legislation would remove the cap of 24 chiropractic, occupational, and physical therapy visits per industrial injury, when applied to visits for post-surgical physical medicine and rehabilitative services. . 58942 (Migden). This measure would require an employer to reinstate an employee to their pre-injury job within five working days upon release of the treating physician or reimburse the worker for the lost wages and work benefrts. S8 942 would prohibit additional physical duty assignments not performed prior to injuries condition of return to work. For more information on these bills, look up the measures at www.cacities.ora/billsearch, www.assemblv.ca.Qov or www.senate.ca.aov. If you have questions, please contact League legislative Representative P. Anthony Thomas at (916) 658-8279. Transient Occupancy Tax -Is Your City Owed Unpaid Past Taxes? A growing portion of hotel bookings are now being conducted through online booking services such as Hotels.com, Expedia.com and Travelocity.com. As rooms are booked, transient occupancy taxes (TOT) are collected by the online booking services, transmitted to hotels and are ultimately passed on to the respective city and county. Some online hotel booking services are withholding millions of dollars of TOT collections and the matter is currently befng litigated in Los Angeles v. Hotels.com, Inc. et a/. City officials are encouraged to bring this matter to the attention of their city attorney and TOT auditor, as attorneys representing Los Angeles in the case have petitioned the court to grant class action status - with the class including all California cities that have TOT ordinances. If the court declines to grant class action status, individual cities may need to act very quickly to preserve their rights to recover all past unpaid taxes, and to avoid the four-year statute of limitations in Revenue and Taxation Code section 7283.51. For background information on how TOT works, visit www.cacities.ora/tot. Details on the Case In Los Angeles. the city charges that 16 named online booking agencies violated the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax Ordinance of the city of Los Angeles. Specifically, the lawsuit states that the defendants violated the Los Angeles TOT Ordinance and similar ordinances of other California cities with respect to the charges to and remittance of amounts to cover taxes under such ordinances. The complaint also alleges that such violations also constitute acts of unfair competition under California Business and Professions Codes Section 17200, et seq. The named defendants in the suit are: . Hotels.com LP. . Hotel.com GP, LlC . Hotwire, Inc. . Cheaptickets. Inc. . Cendant Travel Distribution Services Group, Inc. 6