From the SacBee:

State Sen. Gil Cedillo on Tuesday called on Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante to sign his bill to allow illegal immigrants to apply for driver's licenses if the measure reaches his desk while Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is out of state.

A spokesman for the Democratic lieutenant governor would not comment on the matter but noted Bustamante has not been involved in "the bill signing or vetoing process" in the past.

"That doesn't mean he won't at some point," said Stephen Green, a spokesman for Bustamante, who has voiced support for the hot-button bill that Schwarzenegger's aides say the governor will veto...

UPDATE: Huh? The San Diego Union-Tribune contradicts the above report:

"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger should sign this bill — not look for an out," Sen. Gil Cedillo said late yesterday [i.e., late Tuesday --LW]. "I'm not particularly interested in Cruz Bustamante signing it. I want Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign it."

...Cedillo said he's asked Bustamante not to sign the bill. "We all agree that it's something the governor should take responsibility for," Cedillo said.

That strategy could flush out the governor, forcing him in a veto message to explain why Democrats were strung along with public statements that he supports driver licenses for those here illegally, Cedillo said. "Tell us in writing what you want," Cedillo pleaded.

If the governor vetoes the bill, Cedillo said yesterday he'll reintroduce the measure.

But, of course. Thankfully, a semi-permanent solution is planned.

The Union-Tribune also includes the same quote from Bustamante's spokesman as the SacBee article, so I'm a bit confused.