BILL ANALYSIS
AB 2768
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Date of Hearing: April 19, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES AND COMMERCE
Steven Bradford, Chair
AB 2768 (Utilities and Commerce Committee) - As Introduced:
February 25, 2010
SUBJECT : Vehicles: charter-party carriers: bus drivers.
SUMMARY : Updates various sections of the Public Resources code
to provide a gender-neutral terms, from "chairman" to "chair."
Makes a number of minor technical changes that do not
substantially affect state law.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Requires the California Energy Commission (CEC) to elect a
chairman from their number who shall serve as chairman for one
year and until his successor is elected.
2)Permits the chairman of the State Park and Recreation
Commission to appoint committees composed of commission
members.
3)Requires the Governor to designate the chairman of the State
Board of Forestry and Fire Protection from among the members
of the board.
4)Requires the members of the California recreational Trails
Committee to elect the chairman from among their membership.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown.
COMMENTS : This bill is intended to make minor technical
changes to update code to reflect the population being appointed
to or being elected to positions. For example, the last two
chairmen of the CEC have not been men and the chairmen have
noted that there have been times when it is awkward being
addressed as Chairman.
This bill also makes a minor change to the Vehicle Code that
references a section of the Public Utilities Code. Last year,
AB 134 (Blakeslee) Chapter 414, Statutes of 2009, and AB 636
(Jones), Chapter 248, Statutes of 2009, both addressed the same
code section. AB 636 was amended near the end of session and
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the members requested that AB 134 be signed first, and AB 636
signed second because it included the most current language.
The bills were signed in reverse order. As such, this bill
corrects the signing order problem.
All of the provisions in this bill are non-substantive and
without opposition. In addition, the relevant regulatory
agencies have been consulted and have expressed no concerns.
As the code cleanup bill, the bill does not and will not contain
any section to which any party objects.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file.
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Gina Adams / U. & C. / (916) 319-2083