California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2035

Introduced by Assembly Member Bigelow

February 16, 2016

An act to amend Section 4171 of the Public Resources Code, relating to forest fires.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2035, as introduced, Bigelow. Forest fires: public nuisance.

Existing law provides that a condition endangering public safety by creating a fire hazard and that exists upon property in a state responsibility area is a public nuisance.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this law.

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

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 4171 of the Public Resources Code is
amended to read:

4171.  

begin delete Any end delete begin insert A end insert condition endangering public safety by creating
a fire hazard and begin delete which end delete begin insert that end insert exists upon begin delete any end delete property begin delete which end delete begin insert that end insert
is included within begin delete any end delete begin insert a end insert state begin delete reponsibility end delete begin insert responsibility end insert area is a
public nuisance.