BILL NUMBER: AB 1252	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Portantino
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Huffman)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act relating to forestry.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1252, as introduced, Portantino. Forestry: timber harvesting
plans.
   Existing law requires a person conducting timber operations to
prepare and submit to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional
forester.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require that timber harvesting plans be made available
on the Internet in a timely manner.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require that timber harvesting plans be made available
on the Internet in a timely manner.