Bill Text: CA SB1012 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended

California Senate Bill 1012 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: State parks: open fires.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-08-11 - August 11 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB1012 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SB1012-Amended.html

Amended IN Senate March 23, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1012

Introduced by Senators Glazer and Nielsen

February 14, 2022

An act to add Section 5008.9 to the Public Resources Code, relating to state parks.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1012, as amended, Glazer. State parks: open fires.

Existing law gives control of the state park system to the Department of Parks and Recreation, and requires the Director of Parks and Recreation to promote and regulate the use of the state park system in a manner that conserves the scenery, natural and historic resources, and wildlife in the individual units of the system for the enjoyment of future generations.

This bill would require a unit of the state park system to follow and enforce the rules relating to open ~~fires~~ fires, as defined, that are at least as restrictive as the rules adopted by a local fire department or a fire protection district within whose boundaries the unit is located, as provided.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 5008.9 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:

5008.9.

A unit of the state park system shall follow and enforce the rules relating to open ~~fires~~ fires, as defined in Section 4103.4, that are at least as restrictive as the rules adopted by a local fire department or a fire protection district, established pursuant to Part 2.7 (commencing with Section 13800) of Division 12 of the Health and Safety Code, within whose boundaries the unit is located. If a unit of the state park system is located within the boundaries of both a local fire department and a fire protection district, the unit shall follow and enforce the open fire rules that are the more restrictive of the two.