CA Pub Util Code Section 5135.5

(a)

Beginning July 1, 1990, and continuing thereafter, every household goods carrier shall file with the commission one of the following:

(1)

A certificate of workers’ compensation coverage for its employees issued by an admitted insurer.

(2)

A certification of consent to self-insure issued by the Director of Industrial Relations, and the identity of the administrator of the carrier’s workers’ compensation self-insurance plan.

(3)

A statement under penalty of perjury, stating that, in its operations as a household goods carrier, it does not employ any person in any manner so as to become subject to the workers’ compensation laws of this state.

(b)

The workers’ compensation certified to under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall be effective until canceled. Cancellation shall require 30 days’ advance notice.

(c)

If, after filing the statement described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), the carrier becomes subject to the workers’ compensation laws of this state, the carrier shall promptly notify the commission that the carrier is withdrawing its statement under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), and shall simultaneously file the certificate described in either paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a).