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                                                                  SCR 13
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          Date of Hearing:   June 27, 2001

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                              Carole Migden, Chairwoman

                    SCR 13 (Morrow) - As Amended:  April 3, 2001 

          Policy Committee:                               
          JudiciaryVote:10-0 (Consent)

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This resolution authorizes the California Law Revision  
          Commission to continue its study of 19 topics, including  
          expanding two of those topics, deleting one previously  
          authorized topic, and adding one new topic.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Absorbable costs to the commission, whose General Fund budget  
          for 2001-02 is $659,000.

           COMMENTS  

          Purpose.  SCR 13 is the annual concurrent resolution which  
          authorizes the Law Revision Commission's study of selected  
          topics.  The commission was created in 1953 and was given the  
          responsibility to substantively review California's statutory  
          and case law.  The commission seeks to discover deficiencies in  
          existing law and makes related recommendations to the  
          Legislature for needed reforms.  The commission may only study  
          matters referred to it by concurrent resolution of the  
          Legislature.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916)319-2081