Amended in Senate June 16, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 2082


Introduced by Assembly Members Dahlebegin delete andend deletebegin insert,end insert Chesbrobegin insert, and Gordonend insert

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bigelow, Olsen, and Wieckowski)

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(Coauthor: Senator Gaines)

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February 20, 2014


An act tobegin delete repeal andend delete add Sectionbegin delete 4561.1 ofend deletebegin insert 4561.2 toend insert the Public Resources Code, relating to forest practices.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2082, as amended, Dahle. Forest practices: resource conservation standards: stocking standards.

The Z’berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 prohibits a person from conducting timber operations on timberland unless a timber harvesting plan has been prepared by a registered professional forester and has been submitted to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and approved by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection or the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Existing law establishes minimum acceptable stocking standards and provides that an area covered by a timber harvesting plan is considered acceptably stocked if certain conditions are met within 5 years after completion of timber operations, including that the area contains an average point count of 300 per acre, as provided. Existing law requires the board to adopt stocking standards for each district, after a public hearing, that are equal to or stricter than the minimum standards.

This bill wouldbegin delete delete that requirement and insteadend delete authorize the board to adopt alternative stocking standards if those alternative standardsbegin delete are necessary toend deletebegin insert reasonablyend insert address variables in forest characteristicsbegin insert and achieve suitable resource conservationend insert, as provided.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 4561.1 of the Public Resources Code is
2repealed.

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Section begin delete4561.1 end deletebegin insert4561.2end insert is added to the Public
5Resources Code
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begin delete4561.1.end delete
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Notwithstandingbegin insert Section 4561.1 orend insert the resource
8conservation standardsbegin delete relating to stocking enumeratedend delete in
9begin insert subdivision (a) ofend insert Section 4561, the board may adopt alternative
10stocking standardsbegin delete toend deletebegin insert thatend insert meet the purposes of Section 4561 if
11those alternative standardsbegin delete are necessary toend deletebegin insert reasonablyend insert address
12the variables in forest characteristicsbegin insert and achieve suitable resource
13conservationend insert
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