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Bill No: ACR 98
Author: Wagner (R)
Amended: 4/12/12 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE : 4-0, 6/12/12
AYES: Evans, Harman, Corbett, Leno
NO VOTE RECORDED: Blakeslee
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 4/30/12 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : California Law Revision Commission: studies
SOURCE : California Law Revision Commission
DIGEST : This resolution, sponsored by the California Law
Revision Commission (CLRC), authorizes the CLRC to study
whether specified laws should be revised, authorizes the
CLRC to study the new topic of the Fish and Game Code and
related statutory laws, and authorizes removal of one topic
from the calendar of the CLRC. This resolution provides
that before commencing work on any project within the list
of topics authorized for study by the Legislature, the CLRC
shall submit a detailed description of the scope of work to
the Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committees and any policy
committee with jurisdiction over the study's subject
matter. This resolution also expressly allows the CLRC to
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provide copies of its recommendations to members of a
policy committee and invite CLRC staff to hearings for the
purpose of explaining recommendations and answering
questions from committee members.
ANALYSIS : Existing law authorizes the CLRC to study
topics approved by concurrent resolution of the
Legislature. (Government Code (GOV) Section 8293)
Existing law prohibits an employee or member of the CLRC,
with respect to any proposed legislation concerning matters
assigned to the CLRC for study, advocate for the passage or
defeat of the legislation by the Legislature or the
approval or veto of the legislation by the Governor or
appear before any committee of the Legislature unless
requested to do so by the committee or its chairperson.
(GOV Section 8288)
This resolution reauthorizes the CLRC's study of specified
topics.
This resolution authorizes the CLRC to study whether the
Fish and Game Code and related statutory law should be
revised to improve its organization, clarify its meaning,
resolve inconsistencies, eliminate unnecessary or obsolete
provisions, standardize terminology, clarify program
authority and funding sources, and make other minor
improvements, without making any significant substantive
change to the effect of the law.
This resolution removes the CLRC's authority to study
whether the acts governing special assessments for public
improvement should be simplified and unified.
This resolution requires that before commencing work on any
project within the calendar of topics authorized or
directed for study by the Legislature, the CLRC shall
submit a detailed description of the scope of work to the
Chairs and Vice Chairs of the Senate and Assembly Judiciary
Committees, and any other policy committee that has
jurisdiction over the subject matter of the study, and if
during the course of the project there is a major change to
the scope of work, submit a description of the change.
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This resolution provides that CLRC staff is invited to
appear and testify at any committee hearing of a bill to
implement a CLRC recommendation, for the purpose of
explaining the recommendation and answering questions posed
by the committee members, provided that the staff may not
advocate for the passage or defeat of the legislation.
This resolution further requests the CLRC to provide a copy
of a recommendation to each member of a policy committee
that is hearing a bill that would implement the
recommendation.
Comments
According to the author's office, this resolution is the
annual concurrent resolution authorizing the CLRC's study
of selected topics. This resolution continues the CLRC's
existing study authority of 21 specific topics, deletes the
authorization of one topic, and adds authorization to
conduct a comprehensive technical review of the Fish and
Game law. The author notes that this resolution also
"states some procedural rules relating to coordination
between CLRC and the Legislature."
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/26/12)
California Law Revision Commission (source)
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 4/30/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Bonilla, Bradford, Buchanan,
Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter, Chesbro,
Conway, Cook, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher,
Fong, Fuentes, Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto,
Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey,
Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman,
Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell,
Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel
Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson,
Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada,
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John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Blumenfield, Brownley, Cedillo, Davis,
Furutani, Logue, Smyth
RJG:k 6/26/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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