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          Date of Hearing:   June 30, 2004

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                   Judy Chu, Chair

               SB 1891 (Energy, Utilities, and Commerce Committee) - As  
                              Amended:  June 10, 2004 

          Policy Committee:                               
          ElectionsVote:12-0 (Consent)

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill makes technical, non-controversial changes to  
          utility-related statutes. Specifically, this bill: 

          1)Renumbers a provision of the Public Utilities Code to  
            eliminate duplicative statutory numbering. 

          2)Creates an exemption from a requirement that multi-unit  
            residential complexes must be individually metered for  
            electrical and gas service to allow multi-unit complexes to  
            not have gas meters if they are only equipped with vented gas  
            fireplaces.

          3)Deletes two sections in the Public Utilities Code that are  
            duplicative of similar sections in the Public Resources Code  
            and conforms Public Resources Code reporting requirements for  
            the Renewable Resources Trust Fund to reporting requirements  
            in the Public Utilities Code..

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor absorbable costs to the PUC.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  . This is an annual omnibus code clean-up bill. In  
          addition, the bill also addresses an issue, raised by San Diego  
          Gas and Electric concerning gas meters on multi-unit residential  
          complexes, to specifically allow new apartment complexes to  
          install gas fireplaces without installing individual gas meters  








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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081