BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 168
Author: Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications
Committee
Amended: 4/28/03
Vote: 21
SENATE ENERGY, U.&C. COMMITTEE : 8-0, 4/22/03
AYES: Bowen, Morrow, Alarcon, Battin, Dunn, McClintock,
Murray, Sher
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Renewable Resource Trust Fund
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill makes a number of technical and
non-substantial changes to the Public Utilities Code and
the Public Resources Code.
ANALYSIS : This is the committee's annual code clean up
measure. With the exception of the amendment to Section
445 of the Public Utilities Code, all the provisions were
recommended by the California Energy Commission (CEC).
The specific amendments and reasons are discussed below:
1.Amendments to Section 445 of the Public Utilities Code
turn the CEC's quarterly report on renewable energy
spending into an annual report.
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2.Deleting Public Utilities Code Sections 9201 through 9203
removes obsolete provisions pertaining to an organization
called the California Utility Research Council that no
longer exists.
3.The amendment to Public Resources Code Section 25401.2
(a) corrects a reference.
4.The amendment to Public Resources Code Section 25620.5
(e) corrects grammatical errors.
5.The amendment to Public Resources Code Section 25620.10
broadens the potential representation on an advisory
board to the Public Interest Energy Research program.
6.The amendment to Public Resources Code Section 25619.5
fixes a numbering error.
7.The amendment to Public Resources Code Section 25519 (c)
clarifies existing law to allow local governments to rely
on the CEC staff's final assessment, rather than a final
CEC decision, in fulfilling their responsibilities
regarding powerplant siting. This will eliminate local
government uncertainty over which document to use.
8.The amendment to Public Resources Code Section
25523(d)(1) corrects a grammatical error and provides
internal consistency within the subdivision.
9.The amendment to Public Resources Code Section 25525
corrects a reference error.
Comments
Custom & Practice. The committee bill contains only
technical items that have no opposition and don't present a
major policy question. Should any member of the committee
object to any item in the measure, it will be amended out
of the bill. No other issues will be added to the bill
without the consent of the members of the committee.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
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SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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