BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 429 (Dahle) - Public contracts: preferences: forest products.
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|Version: June 29, 2015 |Policy Vote: N.R. & W. 5 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: August 27, 2015 |Consultant: Marie Liu |
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*********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
The following information is revised to reflect amendments
adopted by the committee on August 27, 2015
Bill
Summary: AB 429 would establish a bid preference for state
contracts for lumber and other solid wood products that are
harvested in compliance with the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice
Act, federal timber sales, or a federal certification program
identified by the director of the Department of Forestry and
Fire Protection.
Fiscal
Impact:
Onetime costs of up to $100,000 to the General Fund for the
Department of General Services (DGS) to promulgate regulations
that would establish how the bid preference in this bill would
interact with other existing bid preferences.
Author
AB 429 (Dahle) Page 1 of
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Amendments:
Delete the purchase preference for lumber harvested under a
compliance offset protocol.
Allow the purchase preference to apply to lumber harvested in
accordance with a forest program that has been identified by
the director of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
after consideration at a public hearing.
Clarifying changes
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