BILL NUMBER: AB 2142	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  307
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to add Section 4584.1 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to forestry, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2142, Chesbro. Timber harvesting plans: exemptions.
   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 act authorizes
the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to exempt from those
provisions of the act a person engaging in specified forest
management activities. Existing law, for a specified 3-year period,
authorizes an exemption, known as the Forest Fire Prevention Pilot
Project Exemption, if certain conditions are met, including, among
others, that the activities conducted pursuant to the exemption occur
in the Sierra Nevada Region, as defined, in the County of Modoc,
Siskiyou, or Trinity, or in any combination of these areas.
   This bill would expand the Forest Fire Prevention Pilot Project
Exemption to include activities conducted within the County of Del
Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, or Sonoma.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 4584.1 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   4584.1.  (a) In addition to the areas listed in subparagraph (D)
of paragraph (11) of subdivision (j) of Section 4584, the Forest Fire
Prevention Pilot Project Exemption may be authorized for activities
conducted in the County of Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, or Sonoma,
or in any combination of these areas or the areas listed in
subparagraph (D) of paragraph (11) of subdivision (j) of Section
4584, if all other conditions for a Forest Fire Prevention Pilot
Project Exemption are met.
   (b) The board may adopt emergency regulations in accordance with
Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code for the purposes of implementing
this section.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   To ensure that forest management activities in the Counties of Del
Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, and Sonoma can benefit from
participation in the Forest Fire Prevention Pilot Project Exemption
at the earliest possible time, it is necessary for this act to take
effect immediately.