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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                             Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
                            2015 - 2016  Regular  Session

          AB 2029 (Dahle) - Timber harvesting plans:  exemptions
          
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          |Version: August 2, 2016         |Policy Vote: N.R. & W. 7 - 0    |
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          |Urgency: No                     |Mandate: No                     |
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          |Hearing Date: August 11, 2016   |Consultant: Narisha Bonakdar    |
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          *********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
             The following information is revised to reflect amendments 
                     adopted by the committee on August 11, 2016






          Bill  
          Summary:  AB 2029 extends the Forest Fire Prevention Pilot  
          Project (Pilot) from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2023.  The  
          bill also allows specified road construction to occur and  
          expands the tree diameter that may be harvested on forest land  
          without a Timber Harvest Plan (THP).


          Fiscal  
          Impact:  
           Unknown costs (Timber Regulation and Forest Restoration Fund),  
            to the California Department of Fire and Forestry Protection.









          AB 2029 (Dahle)                                        Page 1 of  
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          Author  
            Amendments:  Technical, nonsubstantive amendments.


          Committee Amendments:  


           Strike provision exempting temporary forest roads.


           Sunset the bill in 2021, instead of 2023. 




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