Bill Text: CA AB1252 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Forestry: timber harvesting plans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1252 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1252-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1252	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Portantino
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Huffman)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act  to add Section 4592.5 to the Public Resources Code,
  relating to forestry.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1252, as amended, Portantino. Forestry: timber harvesting
plans.
   Existing law requires a person conducting timber operations to
prepare and submit to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
a timber harvesting plan  , and authorizes a person who intends
to become a nonindustrial tree farmer to file with the department a
nonindustrial management plan,  prepared by a registered
professional forester.
   This bill would  declare the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation to require that timber harvesting plans be made
available on the Internet in a timely manner   require
the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, on or before July 1,
2010, to establish a uniform database on the Internet containing
timber   harvest plans and nonindustrial timber management
plans submitted to the department for logging projects proposed to be
conducted on nonfederal and private land in the state. The bill
would also require the department, by January 1, 2011, to post past
timber harvest plans on the Internet  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 4592.5 is added to the 
 Public Resources Code   , to read:  
   4592.5.  (a) On or before July 1, 2010, the department shall
establish a uniform database on the Internet containing timber
harvest plans and nonindustrial timber management plans submitted to
the department for logging projects proposed to be conducted on
nonfederal and private land in the state.
   (b) The department shall design the database to allow the public
to focus a search of the database according to a geographical region,
affected watershed, or other parameter that the department
determines useful.
   (c) On and after July 1, 2010, the 15-day comment period required
pursuant to Section 4582.7 shall not commence until the complete
timber harvesting plan, including suggested mitigation methods from
relevant agencies and departments, has been posted pursuant to this
section.
   (d) On or before January 1, 2011, the department shall post past
timber harvest plans on the Internet to allow the public to focus a
search of the department's database according to a geographical
region, affected watershed, or other parameter that the department
determines useful.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to require that timber harvesting plans be made
available on the Internet in a timely manner.