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          Bill No:  SB 168
          Author:   Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications  
          Committee
          Amended:  9/5/03
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE ENERGY, U.&C. COMMITTEE  :  8-0, 4/22/03
          AYES:  Bowen, Morrow, Alarcon, Battin, Dunn, McClintock,  
            Murray, Sher
          NO VOTE RECORDED:   Vasconcellos

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8

           SENATE FLOOR  :  39-0, 5/12/03 (Passed on Consent)
          AYES: Aanestad, Ackerman, Alarcon, Alpert, Ashburn, Battin,  
            Bowen, Brulte, Burton, Cedillo, Chesbro, Denham, Ducheny,  
            Escutia, Figueroa, Florez, Hollingsworth, Johnson,  
            Karnette, Knight, Kuehl, Machado, Margett, McClintock,  
            McPherson, Morrow, Murray, Oller, Ortiz, Perata,  
            Poochigian, Romero, Scott, Sher, Soto, Speier, Torlakson,  
            Vasconcellos, Vincent
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Dunn

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  79-0, 9/8/03 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Renewable Resource Trust Fund:  Payphone  
          Service
                      Providers Committee

           SOURCE  :     Author


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           DIGEST :    This bill makes a number of technical and  
          non-substantial changes to the Public Utilities Code and  
          the Public Resources Code.

           Assembly amendments  make further clarifying and minor  
          policy changes.

           ANALYSIS  :    This is the committee's annual code clean up  
          measure.  The bill makes a number of technical changes to  
          the Public Utilities Code and the Public Resources Code.   
          Specifically, this bill: 

          1. Broadens the potential membership of an advisory board  
             to the Public Interest Energy Research Program. 

          2. Eliminates requirements that the California Energy  
             Commission (CEC) file four quarterly reports, an annual  
             report, and a biennial report on the Renewable Energy  
             Program and consolidates these reports into one annual  
             report.

          3. Extends from March 31, 2003, to September 30, 2003 the  
             due date for a CEC report regarding the feasibility of  
             implementing a real-time metering program. 

          4. Deletes existing statutory requirements that an the  
             Payphone Service Providers Committee (PSPC), an advisory  
             board to the California Public Utilities Commission  
             (PUC), administer a program to provide for the placement  
             of telecommunications for the deaf and hearing impaired  
             in public buildings.

           Comments  

          This bill is an annual omnibus code clean up bill.  This  
          bill corrects several incorrect cross references, expands  
          the potential membership of an advisory board for the  
          Public Interest Energy Research Program, and consolidates a  
          number of reports CEC is required to file with the  
          Legislature. 

          The deletion of the requirement that PSPC administer a  
          program to provide for telecommunications devices for the  
          deaf and hearing impaired in a public place elements a  







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          duplication of responsibilities which this committee shares  
          with the Telecommunications Access for the Deaf and  
          Disabled Administrative Committee.

           FISCAL EFFECT :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES:  Aghazarian, Bates, Benoit, Berg, Bermudez, Bogh,  
            Calderon, Campbell, Canciamilla, Chan, Chavez, Chu,  
            Cogdill, Cohn, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Daucher, Diaz,  
            Dutra, Dutton, Dymally, Frommer, Garcia, Goldberg,  
            Hancock, Harman, Haynes, Jerome Horton, Shirley Horton,  
            Houston, Jackson, Keene, Kehoe, Koretz, La Malfa, La  
            Suer, Laird, Leno, Leslie, Levine, Lieber, Liu,  
            Longville, Lowenthal, Maddox, Maldonado, Matthews, Maze,  
            McCarthy, Montanez, Mountjoy, Mullin, Nakanishi, Nakano,  
            Nation, Negrete McLeod, Nunez, Oropeza, Pacheco, Parra,  
            Pavley, Plescia, Reyes, Richman, Ridley-Thomas, Runner,  
            Salinas, Samuelian, Simitian, Spitzer, Steinberg,  
            Strickland, Vargas, Wiggins, Wolk, Wyland, Yee, Wesson


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