CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 616Introduced by Assembly Member PattersonFebruary 14, 2019 An act to add Article 7.9 (commencing with Section 4599) to Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, relating to fire safety. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 616, as introduced, Patterson. California Forest Carbon Plan: report.Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to implement various fire protection programs intended to protect forest resources and prevent uncontrolled wildfires.This bill would require the department, in collaboration with the Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency, to prepare and submit to the Legislature and the appropriate legislative policy and budget committees, on or before January 1, 2021, and by January 1 of each year thereafter, until January 1, 2025, a report on the progress made and policies and resources needed to achieve specified wildland fire prevention goals for fuel treatment and vegetation management in the state, as prescribed.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 7.9 (commencing with Section 4599) is added to Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, to read: Article 7.9. California Forest Carbon Plan Report4599. (a) Building upon the objectives outlined in the California Forest Carbon Plan: Managing our Forest Landscapes in a Changing Climate, prepared by the Forest Climate Action Team consisting of specified state and federal agencies, the Legislature hereby establishes the following wildland fire prevention goals for fuel treatment and vegetation management in the state:(1) Increase forest restoration and fuels treatment from 17,500 acres to 35,000 acres per year by 2020 and to 60,000 acres per year by 2030.(2) Increase the area reforested in the state annually by 25 percent above 2018 levels.(3) Increase vegetation management to 500,000 acres per year on nonfederal lands.(4) Urge the federal government to implement similar vegetation management and treatment levels on federal lands.(5) Expand wood products manufacturing in California.(6) Increase carbon storage through increased use of durable wood products in buildings.(7) Streamline the planning and permitting for forest restoration and forest health projects.(8) Reduce small landowners financial barriers to land management.(b) (1) The department, in collaboration with the Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature and the relevant legislative policy and budget committees, on or before January 1, 2021, and by January 1 each year thereafter, an annual report outlining the progress made and policies and resources needed to meet the goals set forth in subdivision (a).(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(3) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this subdivision shall become inoperative on January 1, 2025.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 616Introduced by Assembly Member PattersonFebruary 14, 2019 An act to add Article 7.9 (commencing with Section 4599) to Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, relating to fire safety. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 616, as introduced, Patterson. California Forest Carbon Plan: report.Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to implement various fire protection programs intended to protect forest resources and prevent uncontrolled wildfires.This bill would require the department, in collaboration with the Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency, to prepare and submit to the Legislature and the appropriate legislative policy and budget committees, on or before January 1, 2021, and by January 1 of each year thereafter, until January 1, 2025, a report on the progress made and policies and resources needed to achieve specified wildland fire prevention goals for fuel treatment and vegetation management in the state, as prescribed.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 616
Introduced by Assembly Member PattersonFebruary 14, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson
February 14, 2019
An act to add Article 7.9 (commencing with Section 4599) to Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, relating to fire safety.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 616, as introduced, Patterson. California Forest Carbon Plan: report.
Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to implement various fire protection programs intended to protect forest resources and prevent uncontrolled wildfires.This bill would require the department, in collaboration with the Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency, to prepare and submit to the Legislature and the appropriate legislative policy and budget committees, on or before January 1, 2021, and by January 1 of each year thereafter, until January 1, 2025, a report on the progress made and policies and resources needed to achieve specified wildland fire prevention goals for fuel treatment and vegetation management in the state, as prescribed.
Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to implement various fire protection programs intended to protect forest resources and prevent uncontrolled wildfires.
This bill would require the department, in collaboration with the Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency, to prepare and submit to the Legislature and the appropriate legislative policy and budget committees, on or before January 1, 2021, and by January 1 of each year thereafter, until January 1, 2025, a report on the progress made and policies and resources needed to achieve specified wildland fire prevention goals for fuel treatment and vegetation management in the state, as prescribed.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 7.9 (commencing with Section 4599) is added to Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, to read: Article 7.9. California Forest Carbon Plan Report4599. (a) Building upon the objectives outlined in the California Forest Carbon Plan: Managing our Forest Landscapes in a Changing Climate, prepared by the Forest Climate Action Team consisting of specified state and federal agencies, the Legislature hereby establishes the following wildland fire prevention goals for fuel treatment and vegetation management in the state:(1) Increase forest restoration and fuels treatment from 17,500 acres to 35,000 acres per year by 2020 and to 60,000 acres per year by 2030.(2) Increase the area reforested in the state annually by 25 percent above 2018 levels.(3) Increase vegetation management to 500,000 acres per year on nonfederal lands.(4) Urge the federal government to implement similar vegetation management and treatment levels on federal lands.(5) Expand wood products manufacturing in California.(6) Increase carbon storage through increased use of durable wood products in buildings.(7) Streamline the planning and permitting for forest restoration and forest health projects.(8) Reduce small landowners financial barriers to land management.(b) (1) The department, in collaboration with the Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature and the relevant legislative policy and budget committees, on or before January 1, 2021, and by January 1 each year thereafter, an annual report outlining the progress made and policies and resources needed to meet the goals set forth in subdivision (a).(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(3) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this subdivision shall become inoperative on January 1, 2025.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Article 7.9 (commencing with Section 4599) is added to Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, to read: Article 7.9. California Forest Carbon Plan Report4599. (a) Building upon the objectives outlined in the California Forest Carbon Plan: Managing our Forest Landscapes in a Changing Climate, prepared by the Forest Climate Action Team consisting of specified state and federal agencies, the Legislature hereby establishes the following wildland fire prevention goals for fuel treatment and vegetation management in the state:(1) Increase forest restoration and fuels treatment from 17,500 acres to 35,000 acres per year by 2020 and to 60,000 acres per year by 2030.(2) Increase the area reforested in the state annually by 25 percent above 2018 levels.(3) Increase vegetation management to 500,000 acres per year on nonfederal lands.(4) Urge the federal government to implement similar vegetation management and treatment levels on federal lands.(5) Expand wood products manufacturing in California.(6) Increase carbon storage through increased use of durable wood products in buildings.(7) Streamline the planning and permitting for forest restoration and forest health projects.(8) Reduce small landowners financial barriers to land management.(b) (1) The department, in collaboration with the Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature and the relevant legislative policy and budget committees, on or before January 1, 2021, and by January 1 each year thereafter, an annual report outlining the progress made and policies and resources needed to meet the goals set forth in subdivision (a).(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(3) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this subdivision shall become inoperative on January 1, 2025.
SECTION 1. Article 7.9 (commencing with Section 4599) is added to Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
Article 7.9. California Forest Carbon Plan Report4599. (a) Building upon the objectives outlined in the California Forest Carbon Plan: Managing our Forest Landscapes in a Changing Climate, prepared by the Forest Climate Action Team consisting of specified state and federal agencies, the Legislature hereby establishes the following wildland fire prevention goals for fuel treatment and vegetation management in the state:(1) Increase forest restoration and fuels treatment from 17,500 acres to 35,000 acres per year by 2020 and to 60,000 acres per year by 2030.(2) Increase the area reforested in the state annually by 25 percent above 2018 levels.(3) Increase vegetation management to 500,000 acres per year on nonfederal lands.(4) Urge the federal government to implement similar vegetation management and treatment levels on federal lands.(5) Expand wood products manufacturing in California.(6) Increase carbon storage through increased use of durable wood products in buildings.(7) Streamline the planning and permitting for forest restoration and forest health projects.(8) Reduce small landowners financial barriers to land management.(b) (1) The department, in collaboration with the Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature and the relevant legislative policy and budget committees, on or before January 1, 2021, and by January 1 each year thereafter, an annual report outlining the progress made and policies and resources needed to meet the goals set forth in subdivision (a).(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(3) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this subdivision shall become inoperative on January 1, 2025.
Article 7.9. California Forest Carbon Plan Report4599. (a) Building upon the objectives outlined in the California Forest Carbon Plan: Managing our Forest Landscapes in a Changing Climate, prepared by the Forest Climate Action Team consisting of specified state and federal agencies, the Legislature hereby establishes the following wildland fire prevention goals for fuel treatment and vegetation management in the state:(1) Increase forest restoration and fuels treatment from 17,500 acres to 35,000 acres per year by 2020 and to 60,000 acres per year by 2030.(2) Increase the area reforested in the state annually by 25 percent above 2018 levels.(3) Increase vegetation management to 500,000 acres per year on nonfederal lands.(4) Urge the federal government to implement similar vegetation management and treatment levels on federal lands.(5) Expand wood products manufacturing in California.(6) Increase carbon storage through increased use of durable wood products in buildings.(7) Streamline the planning and permitting for forest restoration and forest health projects.(8) Reduce small landowners financial barriers to land management.(b) (1) The department, in collaboration with the Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature and the relevant legislative policy and budget committees, on or before January 1, 2021, and by January 1 each year thereafter, an annual report outlining the progress made and policies and resources needed to meet the goals set forth in subdivision (a).(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(3) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this subdivision shall become inoperative on January 1, 2025.
Article 7.9. California Forest Carbon Plan Report
Article 7.9. California Forest Carbon Plan Report
4599. (a) Building upon the objectives outlined in the California Forest Carbon Plan: Managing our Forest Landscapes in a Changing Climate, prepared by the Forest Climate Action Team consisting of specified state and federal agencies, the Legislature hereby establishes the following wildland fire prevention goals for fuel treatment and vegetation management in the state:(1) Increase forest restoration and fuels treatment from 17,500 acres to 35,000 acres per year by 2020 and to 60,000 acres per year by 2030.(2) Increase the area reforested in the state annually by 25 percent above 2018 levels.(3) Increase vegetation management to 500,000 acres per year on nonfederal lands.(4) Urge the federal government to implement similar vegetation management and treatment levels on federal lands.(5) Expand wood products manufacturing in California.(6) Increase carbon storage through increased use of durable wood products in buildings.(7) Streamline the planning and permitting for forest restoration and forest health projects.(8) Reduce small landowners financial barriers to land management.(b) (1) The department, in collaboration with the Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature and the relevant legislative policy and budget committees, on or before January 1, 2021, and by January 1 each year thereafter, an annual report outlining the progress made and policies and resources needed to meet the goals set forth in subdivision (a).(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(3) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this subdivision shall become inoperative on January 1, 2025.
4599. (a) Building upon the objectives outlined in the California Forest Carbon Plan: Managing our Forest Landscapes in a Changing Climate, prepared by the Forest Climate Action Team consisting of specified state and federal agencies, the Legislature hereby establishes the following wildland fire prevention goals for fuel treatment and vegetation management in the state:
(1) Increase forest restoration and fuels treatment from 17,500 acres to 35,000 acres per year by 2020 and to 60,000 acres per year by 2030.
(2) Increase the area reforested in the state annually by 25 percent above 2018 levels.
(3) Increase vegetation management to 500,000 acres per year on nonfederal lands.
(4) Urge the federal government to implement similar vegetation management and treatment levels on federal lands.
(5) Expand wood products manufacturing in California.
(6) Increase carbon storage through increased use of durable wood products in buildings.
(7) Streamline the planning and permitting for forest restoration and forest health projects.
(8) Reduce small landowners financial barriers to land management.
(b) (1) The department, in collaboration with the Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature and the relevant legislative policy and budget committees, on or before January 1, 2021, and by January 1 each year thereafter, an annual report outlining the progress made and policies and resources needed to meet the goals set forth in subdivision (a).
(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(3) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this subdivision shall become inoperative on January 1, 2025.