BILL NUMBER: SB 356	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Blakeslee

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2011

   An act to amend Section 4512 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to forestry.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 356, as introduced, Blakeslee. Forest practices.
    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 for
the timber operations to the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection, and approved. The act makes certain findings and
declarations including that the forest resources and timberlands of
the state are among the most valuable of the natural resources of the
state.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the act.

   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 4512 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   4512.  (a) The Legislature  hereby  finds and
declares that the forest resources and timberlands of the state are
among the most valuable of the natural resources of the state and
that there is great concern throughout the state relating to their
utilization, restoration, and protection.
   (b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the forest
resources and timberlands of the state furnish high-quality timber,
recreational opportunities, and aesthetic enjoyment while providing
watershed protection and maintaining fisheries and wildlife.
   (c) The Legislature  thus  declares that it is
the policy of this state to encourage prudent and responsible forest
resource management calculated to serve the public's need for timber
and other forest products, while giving consideration to the public's
need for watershed protection, fisheries and wildlife, sequestration
of carbon dioxide, and recreational opportunities alike in this and
future generations.
   (d) It is not the intent of the Legislature by the enactment of
this chapter to take private property for public use without payment
of just compensation in violation of the California and United States
Constitutions.