Jim Patterson
- Republican
- Assemblymember
- District 8
Author
The Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practices Act of 1973 prohibits a person from conducting timber operations, as defined, unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The act authorizes the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to exempt from some or all of those provisions of the act a person engaging in specified forest management activities including the cutting or removal of trees in compliance with existing law relating to defensible space that eliminates the vertical continuity of vegetative fuels and the horizontal continuity of tree crowns for the purpose of reducing flammable materials and maintaining a fuel break for a distance of no more than 150 feet on each side from an approved and legally permitted structure, as provided. This bill would, until no later than January 1, 2019, also authorize the board to exempt from some or all of those provisions of the act a person engaged in forest management whose activities are limited to the cutting or removal of trees on the person's property in compliance with existing law relating to defensible space that eliminates the vertical continuity of vegetative fuels and the horizontal continuity of tree crowns for the purpose of reducing flammable materials and maintaining a fuel break for a distance of no more than 300 feet on each side from an approved and legally permitted habitable structure, as provided. The bill would require the board to adopt regulations to implement the above provisions no later than January 1, 2016. The bill would require the department to evaluate the effects of these provisions and to report its recommendations, no later than January 1, 2019, to the Legislature based on that evaluation.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 804, Statutes of 2014.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6347.)
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 6361.).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 4716.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 24).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 2. Page 5091.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 30).
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 7).
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB1867 | HTML |
| 02/19/14 - Introduced | |
| 04/22/14 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/01/14 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/12/14 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/19/14 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/26/14 - Enrolled | |
| 09/29/14 - Chaptered |
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