BILL NUMBER: AB 1635	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Logue

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2012

   An act to amend Section 4581 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to forest resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1635, as introduced, Logue. Forest resources: timber harvesting
plans.
   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,
and approved by, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
prohibition.
   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.  Section 4581 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   4581.   No   A  person shall  not
 conduct timber operations unless a timber harvesting plan
prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted for
 such   the timber  operations to the
department pursuant to this article.  Such   The
timber harvesting  plan  shall be   is
 required in addition to the license required in Section 4571.