Bill Text: CA AB2328 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State government: California Law Revision Commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-17 - From committee without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a). [AB2328 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB2328-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2328	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Olsen

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to repeal Section 703.120 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
and to amend Section 13332.16 of, to repeal Sections 70219 and 71674
of, and to repeal Article 2 (commencing with Section 8280) of Chapter
3.5 of Division 1 of Title 2 of, the Government Code, relating to
state government.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2328, as introduced, Olsen. State government: California Law
Revision Commission.
   Existing law establishes within state government the California
Law Revision Commission, and sets forth its powers and duties.
Existing law requires the commission to, among other things, examine
the common law and statutes of the state and judicial decisions for
the purpose of discovering defects and anachronisms in the law and
recommending needed reforms.
   This bill would eliminate the California Law Revision Commission,
and would make conforming changes to related provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 703.120 of the Code of Civil Procedure is
repealed. 
   703.120.  (a)  Ten years following the operative date of this
title and every 10 years thereafter, the California Law Revision
Commission shall review the exempt amounts provided in this chapter
and in other statutes and recommend to the Governor and the
Legislature any changes in exempt amounts that appear proper.
   (b) Nothing in this section precludes the commission from making
recommendations concerning exempt amounts more frequently than
required by subdivision (a) or from making recommendations concerning
any other aspect of this title, and the commission is authorized to
maintain a continuing review of and submit recommendations concerning
enforcement of judgments. 
  SEC. 2.  Article 2 (commencing with Section 8280) of Chapter 3.5 of
Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code is repealed.
  SEC. 3.  Section 13332.16 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   13332.16.  This article shall not apply to appropriations to the
Legislature, the Legislative Counsel Bureau, the Bureau of State
Audits,  or  the California Commission on Uniform State Laws
 , or the California Law Revision Commission  .
  SEC. 4.  Section 70219 of the Government Code is repealed. 

   70219.  On submission by the California Law Revision Commission of
its report to the Governor and the Legislature pursuant to
Resolution Chapter 102 of the Statutes of 1997 recommending statutory
changes that may be necessitated by court unification, the Judicial
Council and the California Law Revision Commission shall study and
make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature on the
issues identified in the report as appropriate for future study,
including consideration of the experience in counties in which the
courts have unified. Each agency shall assume primary or joint
responsibility for the studies and recommendations as outlined in the
report, and each agency shall consult with the other in the studies
and recommendations. This section does not limit any authority of the
Judicial Council or the California Law Revision Commission to
conduct studies and make recommendations authorized or directed by
law. 
  SEC. 5.  Section 71674 of the Government Code is repealed. 

   71674.  The California Law Revision Commission shall determine
whether any provisions of law are obsolete as a result of the
enactment of this chapter, the enactment of the Lockyer-Isenberg
Trial Court Funding Act of 1997 (Chapter 850 of the Statutes of
1997), or the implementation of trial court unification, and shall
recommend to the Legislature any amendments to remove those obsolete
provisions. The commission shall report its recommendations to the
Legislature, including any proposed statutory changes.