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time and overtime hours worked each day and week, and the actual per diem wages paid to each journeyman, apprentice, worker, or other employee employed by him or her in connection with the public work. \u2002Each payroll record shall contain or be verified by a written declaration that it is made under penalty of perjury, stating both of the following:<\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(1)\u2002The information contained in the payroll record is true and correct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(2)\u2002The employer has complied with the requirements of\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Sections 1771\u00a0<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">1811\u00a0<\/span>, and\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">1815\u00a0<\/span>for any work performed by his or her employees on the public works project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(b)\u2002The payroll records enumerated under subdivision (a) shall be certified and shall be available for inspection at all reasonable hours at the principal office of the contractor on the following basis:<\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(1)\u2002A certified copy of an employee&#8217;s payroll record shall be made available for inspection or furnished to the employee or his or her authorized representative on request.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(2)\u2002A certified copy of all payroll records enumerated in subdivision (a) shall be made available for inspection or furnished upon request to a representative of the body awarding the contract and the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement of the Department of Industrial Relations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(3)\u2002A certified copy of all payroll records enumerated in subdivision (a) shall be made available upon request by the public for inspection or for copies thereof. \u2002However, a request by the public shall be made through either the body awarding the contract or the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. \u2002If the requested payroll records have not been provided pursuant to paragraph (2), the requesting party shall, prior to being provided the records, reimburse the costs of preparation by the contractor, subcontractors, and the entity through which the request was made. \u2002The public may not be given access to the records at the principal office of the contractor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(c)\u2002\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">Unless required to be furnished directly to the Labor Commissioner in accordance with\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 1771.4\u00a0<\/span>, the<\/span>\u00a0certified payroll records shall be on forms provided by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement or shall contain the same information as the forms provided by the division. \u2002The payroll records may consist of printouts of payroll data that are maintained as computer records, if the printouts contain the same information as the forms provided by the division and the printouts are verified in the manner specified in subdivision (a).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(d)\u2002A contractor or subcontractor shall file a certified copy of the records enumerated in subdivision (a) with the entity that requested the records within 10 days after receipt of a written request.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(e)\u2002Except as provided in subdivision (f), any copy of records made available for inspection as copies and furnished upon request to the public or any public agency by the awarding body or the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall be marked or obliterated to prevent disclosure of an individual&#8217;s name, address, and social security number. \u2002The name and address of the contractor awarded the contract or the subcontractor performing the contract shall not be marked or obliterated. \u2002Any copy of records made available for inspection by, or furnished to, a multiemployer Taft-Hartley trust fund (<span class=\"cite\">\u00a029 U.S.C. Sec. 186(c)(5)\u00a0<\/span>) that requests the records for the purposes of allocating contributions to participants shall be marked or obliterated only to prevent disclosure of an individual&#8217;s full social security number, but shall provide the last four digits of the social security number. \u2002Any copy of records made available for inspection by, or furnished to, a joint labor-management committee established pursuant to the federal Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (<span class=\"cite\">\u00a029 U.S.C. 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