How a Bill becomes Law
THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATIVE PROCESSThis paper deals with how bills in the state of California become laws, otherwise known as the Legislative Process. It will trace the process of a bill from the inception of an idea, to the outcome on a particular bill. Since I am majoring in Electronics Technology, Computer Repair here at American River College, I have chosen a bill related to that field. This bill is Assembly Bill 1710, Liability, and computer failures. The failure being referred to deals with "year 2000" date change problem, or Y2K as it has been come to known.The Y2K problem is that of information processing using the incorrect date as a parameter. In order to save on hard disk space and the size (number of bytes or kilobytes) of software, it was decided to only refer to the YEAR part of the date without the '19'. Therefore, the date would read as follows: dd/mm/yy (e.g. 02/12/98).On the turn of the century the date parameter will read as follows: 03/01/00 and the software will misinterpret it as the 3rd of January 1900 and not 2000. This style of programming was adapted and has been used for the past 30 years and up until now. Most financial software purchased by financial institution
"The new millenium bug should not be a full-employment act for our state's trial lawyers" Indeed, a recent study completed by Capers Jones found that the country faces some $277 billion in overall Y2K costs. of 128 Information Technology (IT) directors and managers in major companies (the majority of which expect to spend more than $100 million on their Y2K projects), about 78% of the 128 companies surveyed reported that their rate of missing milestones in implementing their Y2K remediation plans is increasing and 37% of the companies surveyed have already encountered a Y2K-related systems failure. Additionally, a recent survey by the National Association of State Information Resource Executives (NASIRE) of California's remediation results showed that of 640 critical government systems, only 50% had been converted to be Y2K compliant. Additionally, this bill will spawn collateral litigation concerning its scope and application, thereby negating its purpose of limiting litigation. Intel Corporation--The Year 2000 problem requires a broad based solution and this bill will encourage that approach. If both houses were to approve the bill, it then is passed on to the Governor. This problem, commonly known as Y2K, must be addressed through informing users of their options with regard to computer failures. ""It serves no purpose to put a California company out of business because of a computer glitch that is out of their control," said Senator Bruce McPherson. On the contrary, most evidence indicates that Year 2000 compliance and conversion efforts have spawned a thriving sub-market within the high technology sector as users scramble to remediate their systems and traditional technology vendors (and newcomers) offer Year 2000 product solutions and consulting services. For older programs, it requires the software maker to provide notice that the system may experience a computer date failure and explain the manner by which the individual may obtain repair or replacement of the system or software. The Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIF)--This measure addresses the inability of computer systems to manage the transition and date change from 1999 to 2000 and related issues arising from the anticipated failure of computer hardware and software. The next step was to send the bill to the Office of State Printing, which was done that day. The Silicon Valley Software Industry--There are three specific reasons for supporting this bill: The Year 2000 problem is a result of a programming imperative and is not a matter of individual fault; the best solution is for those who developed the software to provide the fix; and massive litigation which attempts to recover punitive damages and other large settlements .
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