BILL NUMBER: AB 2885	CHAPTERED  07/12/02

	CHAPTER  171
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 12, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 11, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 27, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 2, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Strom-Martin

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2002

   An act to amend Section 4576.1 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to forest resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2885, Strom-Martin.  Forest practices:  timber operator
license.
   The existing Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 generally
prohibits any person from conducting timber operations unless a
timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester
has been submitted for the operations to the Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection.  Existing law prohibits the real person in
interest, as defined, from having any interest in or responsibility
for the conduct of the timber operations of any person licensed
during the period for which a timber operator license has been either
suspended or revoked.
   This bill would additionally prohibit the real person in interest
from having any interest in or responsibility for the conduct of the
timber operations of any person licensed during the period for which
a timber operator license has been denied.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 4576.1 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   4576.1.  During the period for which a timber operator license has
been suspended, revoked, or denied pursuant to Section 4573 or 4576,
the real person in interest, as defined in Section 4570, may not
have any ownership, possessory, security, or other pecuniary interest
in, or any responsibility for the conduct of, the timber operations
of any person licensed pursuant to this article.  This provision does
not preclude ownership of publicly traded stock in any corporation.