| 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. |