BILL NUMBER: AB 992	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nielsen

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 4581 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to forestry.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 992, as introduced, Nielsen. Forestry: timber harvesting plan.
   The Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 prohibits a person
from conducting timber operations unless a timber harvesting plan
prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted to
the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
   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 4581 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   4581.   No   A  person shall  not
 conduct timber operations unless a timber harvesting plan
prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted for
 such   those  operations to the
department pursuant to this article.  Such   The
 plan shall be required in addition to the license required in
Section 4571.