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Obsolete Reporting Requirements - Study N-50
Statutes requiring a government agency to issue a report are common.
While many such statutes require ongoing reporting, a large number require a single report,
to be prepared by a specified date. Once the required report has been prepared, the provision
requiring that report is obsolete. Obsolete provisions of this type clutter the codes without
serving a useful purpose. The Legislature occasionally cleans out these type of obsolete
provisions.
The Law Revision Commission recommends the deletion of a number of obsolete
reporting requirements from the codes. The Commission's recommendation would be implemented by
SB 111 (Knight). SB 111 was introduced in 2003 but was made into a two-year bill, due to procedural
delays. It was amended in January 2004 to conform to legislation enacted in 2003.
Related Material
- Legislation
- Final Recommendation
- Tentative Recommendation
- Commission Decisions (Meeting Minutes)
- Staff Memoranda
Legislation
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2003: Senate Bill 111 (Knight) -- Bill information at Legislative Counsel's website
[Enacted as 2004 Cal. Stat. ch. 193.]
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Final Recommendation
- Recommendation -- Obsolete Reporting Requirements (March 2003)
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Tentative Recommendations and Other Requests for Comment
- Tentative Rec. -- Obsolete Reporting Requirements (November 2002) -- Comments Due: 2/21/2003
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Meeting Minutes
- March 7, 2003 Meeting in Sacramento
- November 7-8, 2002 Meeting in Los Angeles
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Staff Memoranda
- Memo 2003-3 -- Obsolete Reporting Requirements (Comments on Tentative Recommendation) (2/21/2003)
- Memo 2002-45 -- Obsolete Reporting Requirements (Draft Tentative Recommendation) (8/15/2002)