California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1958

Introduced by Assembly Member Wood

February 12, 2016

An act to add Section 4556 to the Public Resources Code, relating to oak woodlands.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1958, as introduced, Wood. Forest practices: oak woodlands.

The Z’berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973, which regulates timber harvesting, requires the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to divide the state into districts, taking into account differing characteristics, and to adopt, and continuously review and revise, district forest practice rules and regulations for each district in accordance with specified policies.

This bill would require the board, by January 1, 2018, to revise or repeal those rules and regulations that are an impediment to the restoration of oak woodlands.

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

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 4556 is added to the Public Resources
Code, to read:

4556.  

By January 1, 2018, the board shall revise or repeal those
rules and regulations that are an impediment to the restoration of
oak woodlands.