BILL NUMBER: AB 1005	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dickinson

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 4582.73 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to forest practices.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1005, as introduced, Dickinson. Forest practices: timber
harvesting plan.
   The Z'Berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 prohibits a person
from conducting timber operations unless a timber harvesting plan
prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted to
the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The Forest Practice
Act provides that the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection has
the final authority to determine whether a timber harvesting plan
conforms with rules and regulations pertaining to timber harvesting.
Existing law also provides that the director's authority is for
purposes of approval by the department.
   This bill, would additionally require the Department of Fish and
Game, the appropriate regional water quality control board, the
California Geological Survey, and, where applicable, the California
Coastal Commission to conduct a review of a timber harvesting plan to
determine environmental issues and mitigation measures. If that
review raises environmental issues and mitigation measures suggested
by the reviewing entities are not deemed necessary by the director,
the bill would require the Secretary for Natural Resources to review
the plan for final determination.
   This bill would require the department to establish a charge to
cover the reasonable cost of these reviews to be paid by the person
submitting a timber harvesting plan for approval.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 4582.73 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   4582.73.  (a) In addition to Section 4582.7, a timber harvesting
plan shall be subject to both of the following.
   (1) A review conducted by the Department of Fish and Game, the
appropriate regional water quality control board, the California
Geological Survey, and, where applicable, the California Coastal
Commission.
   (2) If the review finds environmental issues and mitigation
measures suggested by the reviewing entities are not deemed to be
necessary by the director, the plan shall be reviewed by the
Secretary for Natural Resources Agency for final determination.
   (b) The department shall establish a charge to cover the
reasonable cost of the reviews required by this section to be paid by
the person submitting a timber harvesting plan for approval.