BILL NUMBER: AB 47	CHAPTERED  10/11/03

	CHAPTER  816
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 11, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 10, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 10, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 8, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 25, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 14, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 3, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 3, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 11, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Simitian

                        DECEMBER 2, 2002

   An act to add Section 4551.9 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to forest practices.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 47, Simitian.  Timber harvesting plans:  regulations:
information.
   Existing law, the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973,
prohibits a person from conducting timber operations, as defined,
until the person files a timber harvesting plan with the Department
of Forestry and Fire Protection, in accordance with specified
requirements.
   The act requires that a timber harvesting plan be a public record
and include specified information relating to the conduct of timber
operations.
   The act also requires the State Board of Forestry and Fire
Protection to adopt various rules and regulations related to forest
practices.
   This bill would require the board, on or before January 1, 2005,
to adopt regulations requiring a timber harvesting plan to include
specified map or maps.  The bill would provide that this requirement
may not be construed to require disclosure of proprietary information
to the public.  The bill would require the board to consider the
impact of the regulations on smaller landowners, and avoid imposing
excessive burdens and costs on those landowners.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 4551.9 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   4551.9.  (a) On or before January 1, 2005, the board shall adopt
regulations to require that a timber harvesting plan include a map or
maps, depicting the location and boundaries of past, present, and
reasonably foreseeable probable future projects, as defined in
Section 21065 and Section 895.1 of Title 14 of the California Code of
Regulations, on land owned or controlled by the applicant in the
planning watershed.  The board may not require an applicant to
furnish maps of projects completed more than 10 years prior to the
submission of the timber harvesting plan.  Maps shall include
silvicultural prescription.  The scale and format of maps provided
pursuant to this subdivision shall be determined by the board.  This
subdivision may not be construed to require disclosure of proprietary
information to the public.
   (b) The board shall consider the impact of the regulations on
smaller landowners, and avoid excessive burdens or costs on those
landowners.