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                    Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
          
                                           13 (Morrow)
          
          Hearing Date:  5/31/01          Amended: 4/3/01        
          Consultant:  Karen French           Policy Vote: Judiciary   
          6-0                      
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          BILL SUMMARY: 
          
          SCR 13 is the annual concurrent resolution that authorizes  
          the California Law Revision Commission (CLRC) to continue  
          its study of various topics.

                              Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
           
          Major Provisions        2001-02             2002-03               2003-04   
           Fund  
          
          CLRC budget          $675*               --                         
          --                       General

          *Included in the Governor's proposed budget and adopted in the  
          Senate version.
          
          STAFF COMMENTS:  
          
          SUSPENSE FILE.  While ongoing funding for the CLRC is  
          included in the budget, staff notes that, under current  
          law, the CLRC may study only matters referred to it by  
          concurrent resolution of the Legislature.  Thus, this  
          resolution provides the CLRC's raison d'etre.  The CLRC is  
          proposed to be funded at $675,000 and 6.5  personnel years

          The CLRC is currently authorized to study 19 specific  
          topics.  This resolution provides reauthorization to allow  
          continued study of 18 previously authorized topics (with  
          the expansion of two of those topics), the deletion of one  
          study topic, and the addition of one topic.  Specifically  
          the resolution deletes Environmental Quality and Natural  
          Resources as a study topic and adds Subdivision Map Act and  
          Mitigation Fee Act.
          
          Prior legislation includes:  SCR 43 (Kopp of 1996), SCR 3  
          (Kopp of 1997), SCR 65 (Kopp of 1998), and ACR 17 (Wayne of  










          1999).  No resolution was passed in 2000.