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                                                                  AB 2142
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          Date of Hearing:   April 30, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                AB 2142 (Chesbro) - As Introduced:  February 20, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              Natural  
          ResourcesVote:9-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill revises the time period during which a primary  
          manufacturer is prohibited from purchasing timber from a state  
          forest if the manufacturer exported unprocessed timber from  
          private lands into foreign commerce.  

          Existing law prevents the sale of timber from state forests to  
          primary manufacturers during the period one year prior to the  
          bid date and one year after the termination of the contract.   
          This bill instead provides a prohibition of the period within 24  
          months prior to the bid date.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible, if any state costs.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale.   The federal Forest Resources Conservation and  
            Shortage Relief Act prohibits any person from purchasing  
            directly or indirectly unprocessed timber originating from  
            public lands if during the preceding 24 months the person  
            exported unprocessed timber originating from private lands.

            Similarly, state law prohibits timber from state forests to be  
            sold to any primary manufacturer,  or to any person for resale  
            to a primary manufacturer, within one year prior to the bid  
            date and one-year after the termination of the contract, if  
            the manufacturer sold unprocessed timber harvested from  
            private timberlands and exported into foreign commerce.









                                                                  AB 2142
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            According to the author, this bill harmonizes state and  
            federal law by requiring a timber company prove it has not  
            exported raw logs in the 24 months prior to the purchases of  
            state forests timber.   

           
           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jennifer Galehouse / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081