| This bill abolishes the Office of the Public Advocate. It |
directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Public |
Utilities Commission, to develop and present to the |
Legislature a report, together with any necessary implementing |
legislation, regarding which functions, if any, of the former |
Office of the Public Advocate need to continue to be performed |
and by whom they should be performed. The assessment must |
also provide an accounting of all funds remaining in the |
Public Advocate account, suggestions for what should be done |
with those funds and whether an assessment should be |
instituted to fund any functions of the former Office of the |
Public Advocate that the Attorney General believes should be |
continued. |