BILL NUMBER: AB 2082	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  212
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 19, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 19, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 3, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 4, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 16, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Dahle, Chesbro, and Gordon
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bigelow, Olsen, and Wieckowski)
   (Coauthor: Senator Gaines)

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to add Section 4561.2 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to forest practices.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2082, 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 would authorize the board to adopt alternative stocking
standards if those alternative standards reasonably address variables
in forest characteristics and achieve suitable resource
conservation, as provided.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 4561.2 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   4561.2.  Notwithstanding Section 4561.1 or the resource
conservation standards in subdivision (a) of Section 4561, the board
may adopt alternative stocking standards that meet the purposes of
Section 4561 if those alternative standards reasonably address the
variables in forest characteristics and achieve suitable resource
conservation.