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                    Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
          
                                           856 (Wesson)
          
          Hearing Date:  9/6/01           Amended: 8/29/01       
          Consultant:  Maureen Brooks         Policy Vote: G. O.  9-2
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          BILL SUMMARY:   

          AB 856 is a technical cleanup which contains clarifying  
          language relating to 
          AB 471 (Hertzberg), Chapter 198, Statutes of 2001.

                              Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions            2001-02             2002-03              
           2003-04            Fund  
          
          Admin costs          ---------------minor,  
          absorbable----------------  General

          

          STAFF COMMENTS:   SUSPENSE FILE.

          AB 471 requires the California Horse Racing Board to  
          oversee the conduct of a union recognition election for  
          racetrack backstretch employees and requires annual  
          inspections of backstretch employee living conditions.