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                                                          AB 1658
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Date of Hearing:   May 12, 1999

              ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
                    Carole Migden, Chairwoman

        AB 1658 (Wright) - As Introduced: March 11, 1999 

Policy Committee:                              Utilities and  
Commerce     Vote:                             11-0

Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local  
Program:NoReimbursable:            

  SUMMARY  :

This bill is a technical "clean-up" measure that updates and  
clarifies various sections of the Public Utilities Code.

  FISCAL EFFECT  :

Absorbable costs to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for  
technical code changes.

  COMMENTS  :

  Purpose  .  This clean-up bill, by the Utilities and Commerce  
Committee and sponsored by the PUC, includes conforming the  
Public Utilities Code to name changes of PUC divisions and to  
federal preemption in the regulation of railroads and trucking  
among other technical changes.  The bill is largely copied from  
AB 1605 (also a Committee bill), which was vetoed by Governor  
Wilson in 1998 due to a chaptering out problem.

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