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                                                                  ACR 49
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          Date of Hearing:   May 28, 2009

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Kevin De Leon, Chair

                     ACR 49 (Evans) - As Amended:  May 19, 2009 

          Policy Committee:                               
          JudiciaryVote:10-0 (Consent)

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  


          This resolution:


          1)Authorizes the California Law Revision Commission (CLRC) to:


             a)   Continue its study of 21 topics that the Legislature  
               previously authorized or directed the commission to study.


             b)   Analyze the legal and policy ramifications of treating a  
               charter school as a public entity for purposes of the  
               Government Tort Claims Act.


          2)Removes the commission's authority to study whether the law  
            related to offers of compromise should be revised, as  
            ambiguity in these laws has addressed by a recent court  
            decision.


           FISCAL EFFECT  


          Absorbable costs to the commission. (The commission's proposed  
          budget for 2009-10 totals $682,000, and includes funding for 5.5  
          staff positions.)










                                                                  ACR 49
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           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  .  ACR 49 is the annual concurrent resolution authorizing  
          the CLRC'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