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                           SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
                         Senator Joseph L. Dunn, Chair
                           2005-2006 Regular Session



          SB 1852                                                S
          SenateCommittee on Judiciary                           B
          As Introduced
          Hearing Date:  May 9, 2006                             1
          Various Codes                                          8
          GWW:cjt                                                5
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                                     SUBJECT
                                         
                            Maintenance of the Codes

                                   DESCRIPTION  

          This bill would make numerous technical changes in the  
          California codes that have been recommended by the  
          Legislative Counsel's Office.  The proposed changes would  
          not make any substantive change in the law.

                                    BACKGROUND  

          Each year, Legislative Counsel's Office identifies  
          grammatical errors and other errors of a technical nature  
          that have been inadvertently enacted into statutory law.   
          The annual "Maintenance of the Codes" bill is the vehicle  
          for implementing the wholesale corrections.  For inclusion  
          into the measure, the change must be technical only and may  
          not affect or enact substantive law.  Any proposed change  
          which is identified as having a substantive change is  
          automatically excised from the bill. 

                             CHANGES TO EXISTING LAW
           
          None
          
                                     COMMENT
           
          1.  Commitment to delete any substantive provision
           
                                                                 
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            A condition for inclusion in the annual code maintenance  
            bill is that the change must be nonsubstantive.   
            Consequently, any provision that is identified as making  
            a substantive law change will be deleted without question  
            by the Legislative Counsel's Office.
          2.  "All-purpose" yielding clause avoids chaptering problems
           
            Proposed Section 735 on page 882 of the bill provides  
            that any other bill enacted by the Legislature during the  
            2006 calendar year that amends, adds, repeals, or  
            otherwise affects any section affected by this bill,  
            shall prevail over the provisions of this bill.   This  
            "all-purpose" yielding clause avoids any chaptering  
            problems that might otherwise occur and escape the notice  
            of inattentive staff.

               
          Support:  None Known

          Opposition:  None Known

                                     HISTORY
           
          Source:  Office of Legislative Counsel

          Related Pending Legislation:  None Known

          Prior Legislation:  None Known

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