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Senate Bill 1079 (Greene – 1984)
Chapter 1213, Statutes of 1984
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Senate Bill 1079 was introduced by Senator Leroy Greene on March 4, 1983, at the request of the California Council on Economic and Environmental Balance. (See Exhibits #1a and #6, page 3) Senate Bill 1079 was a single section bill, enacting only Public Resources Code section 21168.9. (See Exhibit #1f)
Senate Bill 1079 was first heard in the Senate Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs. (See Exhibit #3) The measure was then referred to the Senate Committee on Finance, but was withdrawn from that committee and sent to the floor of the Senate where it was passed unanimously. (See Exhibit #2) Senate Bill 1079 was amended twice while in the Senate. (See Exhibits #1b, #1c, and #2) On the Assembly side, the measure was referred to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary. (See Exhibit #6) After being amended twice in the Assembly, the measure passed that House unanimously and was returned to the Senate for their approval of the Assembly’s amendments. (See Exhibits #1d, #1e and #2)
The Senate refused to concur in the Assembly’s amendments to Senate Bill 1079 and consequently, the bill was assigned to a Conference Committee. (See Exhibit #2) The purpose of a Conference Committee is to bring together six legislators, three from each House, in an attempt to reach a compromise on a bill’s language that is acceptable to both Houses.
The Conference Committee made amendments to the bill that were accepted by both Houses of the Legislature. (See Exhibit #2) Ultimately, Senate Bill 1079 was approved by Governor George Deukmejian and recorded by the Secretary of State on September 17, 1984 as Chapter 1213 of the Statutes of 1984. (See Exhibit, #1f and #2)
Unfortunately, there was no Conference version of the bill published before the bill was enacted into law. (See Exhibits #1f and #2) According to the author, the Conference Committee amended the bill merely to correct an operative date error and a spelling error. (See Exhibit #15, document A-4) The Conference amendments can be identified by comparing the final amended version of the bill with the chaptered version of the bill. (See Exhibits #1e and #1f) The Conference Committee analysis reiterated this explanation, stating:
The Conference Committee amendments specify that this bill applies to any matter before a court after, as well as on, January 1, 1985, if the court has not determined by January 1, 1985 whether the public agency has complied with CEQA.
(See Exhibit #12, page 2)