BILL NUMBER: SB 451	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cogdill

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to amend Section 4790.5 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to forest resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 451, as introduced, Cogdill. Forest resources.
   Existing law finds and declares that, except as specifically
provided, the state is prohibited from claiming any right, title, or
interest in land, trees, or other vegetation which are the subject of
a forest resource improvement project.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision.
   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 4790.5 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   4790.5.  The Legislature further declares that, except as
specifically provided in this chapter the state shall not claim
 any   a  right, title, or interest in the
land, trees, or other vegetation  which   that
 are the subject of a forest resource improvement project
undertaken pursuant to this chapter. When carrying out this chapter,
the director shall encourage the use of goods and services available
through private forest nurseries, reforestation contractors, private
forest consultants, or others in the business of undertaking forest
resource improvement work.