BILL NUMBER: AB 2168	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 15, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly  Member   Chesbro
  Members   Chesbro   and Dickinson


                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to add Section 4582.70 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to forestry and fire protection.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2168, as amended, Chesbro. Forestry: timber harvesting plans.
   The Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 prohibits a person
from conducting timber operations unless a timber harvesting plan
prepared by a professional forester has been submitted to, and
approved by, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
   This bill would require the Director of Forestry and Fire
Protection, if the director determines a preharvest inspection is
necessary to review a timber harvesting plan, to coordinate with a
specified interdisciplinary team to ensure that all necessary members
of the team that request participation are present for the
inspection. The bill would require a review team member who requests
participation to make a good faith effort to participate in the
scheduled preharvest inspection. The bill would authorize the
director, if there are compelling reasons why a member of the review
team cannot attend the initial inspection, and the director
articulates those reasons, in writing  .   ,
 to the person who submitted the plan, to schedule an additional
onsite visit to complete the initial inspection.
   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 4582.70 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   4582.70.  If the director determines that a preharvest inspection
is necessary to review a timber harvesting plan, the director shall
coordinate with the interdisciplinary team required to be established
pursuant to Section 1037.5 of Title 14 of the California Code of
Regulations to ensure that all necessary members of the team that
request participation are present for the inspection. A review team
member who requests participation shall make a good faith effort to
participate in the scheduled preharvest inspection. If there are
compelling reasons why a member of the review team cannot attend the
initial inspection, and the director articulates those reasons, in
writing, to the person who submitted the plan, the director may
schedule an additional onsite visit to complete  the
  that  initial inspection.