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                                                                AB 1561
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        CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
        AB 1561 (Kelley)
        As AmendedAugust 5, 2002
        Majority vote
         
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        |ASSEMBLY: |     |(June 4, 2001)  |SENATE: |22-13|(August 12, 2002)    |
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                  (vote not relevant)

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        |COMMITTEE VOTE:  |7-3  |(August 19, 2002) |RECOMMENDATION:  |Concur    |
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        Original Committee Reference:   W., P. & W.  

        SUMMARY  :  Requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and  
        Development Commission (CEC), not later than January 1, 2004, to  
        amend existing regulations pertaining to energy efficiency  
        standards for residential clothes washers to require these clothes  
        washers manufactured on or after January 1, 2007, to be at least as  
        efficient as commercial washers.

         The Senate amendments  delete the Assembly version of this bill, and  
        instead require CEC, not later than April 1, 2004, to petition the  
        United States Department of Energy (DOE) for an exemption from any  
        federal regulations governing energy efficiency standards that are  
        applicable to residential clothes washers, and to report to the  
        Legislature on its progress with respect to the above requirements  
        not later than January 1, 2005.

         AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill declared the intent of the  
        Legislature to address the issues of authorizing the taking of  
        certain birds and fully protected species caused by the  
        implementation of any component of the Lower Colorado River  
        Multi-Species Conservation Program established by the States of  
        California, Arizona, and Nevada and approved by the 
        Department of Fish and Game, or by the implementation of any  
        component of the May 11, 2000, working draft of California's  
        Colorado River Water Use Plan.

         FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Senate Appropriations Committee,  
        minor, if any, fiscal effects.








                                                                AB 1561
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         COMMENTS  :  This bill was substantially amended in the Senate.  The  
        Assembly-approved provisions of this bill relating to Colorado  
        River Water were deleted in the Senate.  The subject matter of this  
        bill was not heard in any Assembly policy committee this  
        legislative session.  According to the author's office, this may be  
        yet another new bill.


         Analysis Prepared by  :  Aristotle E. Evia / NAT. RES / (916)  
        319-2092


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