Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF1533

Relating to state governmentARTICLE 1 - PUBLIC SERVICE ABOLISHEDAbolishing the
department of public service and transferring the responsibilities relating to
intervention in public utility and telecommunications matters before the public
utilities commission to the attorney general, to energy and public utilities to
the PUC and to the division of weights and measures to the department of
agriculture; transferring certain positions and personnel to the PUC; rules of
the department to become rules of the successor agencies, transferring
rulemaking authority ARTICLE 2 - CONFORMING AMENDMENTSMaking conforming
amendments to certain statutory provisions relating to prohibited traffic
lights, to public utilities and the public utilities commission (PUC), to
telecommunication services and to the telephone assistance plan (TAP);
transferring the responsibility for enforcement of railroad employee hours to
the department of labor and industry; specifying certain term change
instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing certain provisions relating
to the establishment of the office of the commissioner the department and the
telephone investigation fund (ra)