Loading chat...
CA SB709
Bill
AI Summary
- Eliminates extension provisions for timber harvesting plans approved by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection between January 1, 2010, and August 31, 2012
- Allows timber harvesting plans approved between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2015, to receive an additional 2-year extension beyond the standard 2-year extension if good cause is shown and operations comply with applicable regulations
- Requires written certification by a registered professional forester that no listed species have been discovered and no significant physical changes have occurred since the original plan approval for the additional extension
- Prohibits extensions if listed species under state or federal endangered species laws have been discovered in the logging area or if significant physical changes have occurred since the plan's cumulative impacts assessment
- Takes effect immediately as an urgency statute
Legislative Description
Z’Berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973: timber harvesting plans: extensions.
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 734, Statutes of 2021.
10/8/2021
Committee Referrals
Appropriations6/9/2021
Natural Resources5/20/2021
Appropriations4/15/2021
Natural Resources and Water3/3/2021
Rules2/19/2021
Full Bill Text
No bill text available