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                                                                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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