Ed Chau
- Democratic
Author
Existing law establishes in the State Treasury the Good Neighbor Authority Fund, to be administered by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection under the direction of the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law makes the moneys in the fund available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, as authorized by specified federal law, and to the extent not in conflict with federal law or agreements, for state departments or agencies to undertake forest health and fuels reduction projects on federal lands executed through these agreements, and to fund costs associated with planning, implementing, and maintaining these projects, including administrative and operational costs. This bill would reorganize the law relating to the fund. The bill would require the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, under an agreement between the state and the federal government, to establish a program for purposes of conducting ecological restoration and fire resiliency projects on national forest lands, with priority given to forest restoration and fuels reduction projects that are landscape scale and are focused on ecological restoration and to community fire protection and protection of water and other infrastructure. The bill would require projects to be based on the best available science and emphasize the use of prescribed fire where appropriate. The bill would require projects with multiple benefits to be prioritized, as applicable and feasible. The bill would require projects to be designed, to the extent feasible, to prevent type conversion and the spread of invasive plants and grasses, provide for ecological restoration and fire resiliency projects appropriate to the landscape and vegetation being treated based upon the best available science, and provide ecologically appropriate treatment to native shrublands, as provided.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 232, Statutes of 2021.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 2703.)
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2730.).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2298.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 26).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 13).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1712.)
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1587.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 12).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB697 | HTML |
| 02/16/21 - Introduced | |
| 05/27/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/17/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/15/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/26/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/07/21 - Enrolled | |
| 09/23/21 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/22/21- Assembly Natural Resources | |
| 05/11/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/14/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 05/27/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 07/09/21- Senate Natural Resources and Water | |
| 08/13/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/26/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/31/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/01/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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