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                                 THIRD READING


          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, 
            John A. Pérez







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          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Blumenfield, Brownley, Cedillo, Davis, 
            Furutani, Logue, Smyth


          RJG:kd  7/3/12   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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