BILL ANALYSIS
AB 425
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 425 (Campbell)
As Amended June 24, 2004
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: | |(June 3, 2003) |SENATE: |33-0 |(July 1, 2004) |
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(vote not relevant)
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|COMMITTEE VOTE: |10-0 |(August 9, 2004) |RECOMMENDATION: |concur |
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Original Committee Reference: U. & C.
SUMMARY : Authorizes various transactions between the City of
Newport Beach (City) and the County of Orange (County) concerning
public trust lands and authorizes the City to expend certain
tideland-related funds for the Upper Newport Beach Ecological
Reserve (Reserve).
The Senate amendments delete the Assembly version of this bill, and
instead:
1)Declare that expenditures by the City from its Tideland Capital
Fund to acquire or improve real property in the Reserve is in
furtherance of trust purposes, irrespective of the status of the
real property as state tide and submerged lands.
2)Authorize the City to make expenditures from its Tideland
Operation and Maintenance Fund and Upper Newport Bay Restoration
Fund for lands and facilities within the Reserve, irrespective of
their status as state tide and submerged lands, if in furtherance
of the public trust.
3)Authorize the City, with the concurrence of the State Lands
Commission (SLC), to convey to the County, subject to the public
trust, certain described lands.
4)Confirm that certain described lands, which are owned by the
County and dedicated by the County to the public trust, are to be
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held in trust by the County pursuant to existing statutes
governing trust lands.
5)Authorize the County, with the concurrence of SLC, to convey to
the City, subject to the public trust, certain described lands.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill authorized the Public
Utilities Commission, as part of its rate-setting function, to
authorize, through the end of 2008, pricing incentives for heavy
industrial customers that agree to optional interruptible or
curtailable electrical service.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : This bill was completely amended in the Senate, and the
provisions of this bill as approved by the Assembly were deleted.
Analysis Prepared by : Jeff Arthur / NAT. RES. / (916)319-2092
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