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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: NickSE who wrote (6588)	7/15/1999 7:12:00 PM
From: Ken	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 9818

Califonia Bill for State of Emergency-- today, California, tomorrow, the world! <California's Assembly Bill 724, dubbed the "Year 2000 Problem Good Government Omnibus Act of 1999," is to be voted on today by the state's Senate Governmental Organization Committee. This bill "covers many of the same points as an executive order signed by Gov. Gray Davis in February, but (Assemblyman John Dutra, D-Fremont) said his legislation expands on the governor's order and will provide legislative validation for his decree. I also would give the governor the power to declare a state of emergency. "Dutra called this a critical provision because it would allow Davis to take advantage of California's position relevant to the International Dateline. Since this state will be one of the last areas of the industrial world to enter the new century, the governor will have several hours to evaluate the effects of the Y2K problem on other countries and respond accordingly. The bill would also appropriate $2 million for a public awareness campaign -- something Dutra said is long past due." Other provisions in this bill include giving the Department of Information Technology power to "force other state agencies into compliance," and "pool the state's 10,000 computer technicians and assign them to Y2K projects in any state agency. In short, it gives the department's director, Elias Cortez, the power to do anything necessary to make sure that all state agencies are ready for 2000."