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SF 1533 Senate Long Description

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)