BILL NUMBER: AB 1423	CHAPTERED  09/14/06

	CHAPTER  265
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 14, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 14, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 29, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 19, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 2, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 6, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bogh

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to add Section 701.6 to the Public Resources Code, relating
to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1423, Bogh  Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
   Under existing law, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
in the Resources Agency is responsible for, among other things,
providing fire protection, fire prevention, forest and range
protection, and enhancement implements and apparatus as necessary.
   This bill would, on and after January 1, 2007, permit reference to
the department, where appropriate and as determined by the Director
of Forestry and Fire Protection, as CAL-FIRE. The bill would also
prohibit any supplies, forms, insignias, signs, or logos from being
destroyed or changed as a result of the reference authorization and
would require that they continue to be used until exhausted or
unserviceable.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 701.6 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   701.6.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and
after January 1, 2007, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
may be referred to, where appropriate and as determined by the
director, as CAL-FIRE.
   (b) No existing supplies, forms, insignias, signs, or logos shall
be destroyed or changed as a result of the authorization to use
CAL-FIRE where appropriate to refer to the department, and they shall
continue to be used until exhausted or unserviceable.