Cal. Lab. Code § 1780 : CALIFORNIA LABOR CODE — EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION — PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC AGENCIES — PUBLIC WORKS — WAGES — Charging fee for placing order for employment of worker on public work

Any person acting on behalf of the State or any political subdivision, or any contractor or subcontractor or agent or representative thereof, doing any public work who places any order for the employment of a worker on public work where the filling of the order for employment involves the charging of a fee, or the receiving of a valuable consideration from any applicant for employment is guilty of a misdemeanor.