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CA Pub Res Code § 4629.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 8 - Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973|ARTICLE 9.5 - Timber Regulation and Forest Restoration Fund|Section 4629.9.

4629.9.  (a) On or before January 10, 2013, and on each January 10 thereafter in conjunction with the 2014–15 Governor’s Budget and each Governor’s Budget thereafter, the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, in consultation with the Secretary for Environmental Protection, shall submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee a report on the activities of all state departments, agencies, and boards relating to forest and timberland regulation. This report shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:(1) A listing, by organization, of the proposed total costs associated with the review, approval, and inspection of timber harvest plans and associated permits.(2) The number of timber harvest plans, and acreage covered by the plans, reviewed in the 2011–12 fiscal year, or the most recent fiscal year.(3) To the extent feasible, a listing of activities, personnel, and funding, by department, for the forest practice program for 2012–13, or the most recent fiscal year, and the preceding 10 fiscal years.(4) The number of staff in each organization dedicated fully or partially to (A) review of timber harvest plans, and (B) other forestry-related activities, by geographical location in the state.(5) The costs of other forestry-related activities undertaken.(6) A summary of any process improvements identified by the administration as part of ongoing review of the timber harvest process, including data and technology improvement needs.(7) Workload analysis for the forest practice program in each organization.(8) In order to assess efficiencies in the program and the effectiveness of spending, a set of measures for, and a plan for collection of data on, the program, including, but not limited to:(A) The number of timber harvest plans reviewed.(B) Average time for plan review.(C) Number of field inspections per inspector.(D) Number of acres under active plans.(E) Number of violations.(F) Evaluating ecological performance.(b) A report required to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 171. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4629.11 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 8 - Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973|ARTICLE 9.5 - Timber Regulation and Forest Restoration Fund|Section 4629.11.

4629.11.   (a)   Notwithstanding any other law, the revenues in any fiscal year may be accounted for on an accrued basis. The department may borrow against anticipated revenues to the fund to meet cashflow needs.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a loan obtained pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be interest free. The department shall repay the loan in a timely manner from reserves received into the fund.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 289, Sec. 3. (AB 1492) Effective September 11, 2012.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4629.12 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 8 - Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973|ARTICLE 9.5 - Timber Regulation and Forest Restoration Fund|Section 4629.12.

4629.12.   (a)   The Director of Finance shall authorize a loan, from the General Fund to the fund, to implement the activities described in Section 4629.6.(b) Any loan made pursuant to this section shall be repaid, with interest at the pooled money investment rate, from revenues from the assessment imposed pursuant to Section 4629.5.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 289, Sec. 3. (AB 1492) Effective September 11, 2012.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4629.13 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 8 - Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973|ARTICLE 9.5 - Timber Regulation and Forest Restoration Fund|Section 4629.13.

4629.13.   Notwithstanding any other law, the Controller may use the moneys in the fund for cashflow loans to the General Fund, as provided in Sections 16310 and 16381 of the Government Code. Any such loan shall be exempt from paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 16310 of the Government Code. Interest shall be paid on all moneys loaned to the General Fund and shall be computed at a rate determined by the Pooled Money Investment Board to be the current earning rate of the fund from which the money is loaned. This section does not authorize any transfer that would interfere with the carrying out of the object for which these funds were created.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 289, Sec. 3. (AB 1492) Effective September 11, 2012.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4630 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 8 - Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973|ARTICLE 10 - Innovative Forest Products and Mass Timber|Section 4630.

4630.  For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Innovative forest products” means products made using small-diameter woody materials, brush, and dead trees removed from fire hazard areas identified by the department and that are milled and manufactured in California to the maximum extent possible.(b) “Mass timber” means prefabricated wood products consisting of not less than three layers of solid-sawn lumber or structural composite lumber in which adjacent layers are cross-oriented and bonded with structural adhesives, dowels, or nails to form a solid wood element and that are milled and manufactured in California to the maximum extent possible.(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 637, Sec. 2. (AB 2518) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4630.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 8 - Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973|ARTICLE 10 - Innovative Forest Products and Mass Timber|Section 4630.1.

4630.1.  (a) On or before July 1, 2020, the department, in consultation with the board, shall identify barriers to in-state production of mass timber and other innovative forest products and shall develop solutions that are consistent with the state’s climate objectives on forest lands.(b) The department shall collaborate, in implementing this section, with members of the working group established pursuant to Section 717, other state agencies, and independent experts, including with apprenticeship programs of organized labor, community colleges, and others with similar expertise, on innovative forest products and mass timber workforce training and job creation.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 238. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4630.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 8 - Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973|ARTICLE 10 - Innovative Forest Products and Mass Timber|Section 4630.2.

4630.2.  (a) On or before July 1, 2020, the Forest Management Task Force or its successor entity shall, in consultation with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, the Joint Institute for Wood Products Innovation in the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, private industry, investors, and other stakeholders it deems appropriate, develop recommendations for siting additional wood product manufacturing facilities in the state. These recommendations shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(1) A financially viable proposal for the development and construction of at least one new mass timber production facility that can manufacture mass timber panels that can be cross or dowel laminated or use similar mass timber technology.(2) The identification and proposal of the necessary incentives needed to attract private investment to construct such a mass timber production facility in California.(3) The identification of other former manufacturing or wood processing sites that may be suitable for future investment.(b) In developing the recommendations pursuant to subdivision (a), it is the intent of the Legislature that the location and activities of the mass timber production facilities, to the extent feasible, meet all of the following:(1) Be adjacent to a high or very high fire hazard severity zone, as identified by the department, and be capable of processing materials generated as a result of fuel treatments or other forest management practices.(2) Generate mass timber workforce training and job creation opportunities.(3) Be located in, or be proximate to, areas that are near the locations of large landscape fires of greater than 50,000 acres that have occurred since 2005 and in areas identified as federal opportunity zones or in areas that have an average household income of at least 5 percent below the state’s median household income.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 399, Sec. 5. (AB 1823) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4631 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 1 - Purposes and Policies|Section 4631.

4631.  It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the welfare of the people of this state and their industries and other activities involving the use of wood, lumber, poles, piling, and other forest products, that desirable cutover forest lands, including those having young and old timber growth, be made fully productive and that the holding and reforestation of such lands is a necessary measure predicated on waning supplies of original old growth timber. It is further declared to be the policy of the state to acquire by purchase, exchange, lease, or grant all of the following:(a) Such cutover lands, the reforestation of which is not assured under private ownership, to reforest such lands during periods of unemployment and at other times.(b) Liquidating forest lands primarily suitable for timber production which may be acquired under precutting agreements.(c) Demonstration forests of 2,000 acres or less adapted to furnish local needs of investigation, demonstration, and education in those timber counties where the ownership pattern is such that management of small areas is an important problem.(d) One area, not to exceed approximately 40,000 acres, in each of the following forest districts, Coast Range Pine and Fir District, North Sierra Pine District and the South Sierra Pine District, for the purpose of demonstration of economical forest management. These areas shall not include virgin timber except that which is incidental to areas previously harvested.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4631.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 1 - Purposes and Policies|Section 4631.5.

4631.5.  It is further declared to be in the interest of the welfare of the people of this state that the state do all of the following:(a) Retain the existing land base of state forests in timber production for research and demonstration purposes.(b) Cooperate with local governments in mitigating the impacts on school enrollment of geothermal development which occurs in proximity to state-owned forest lands.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 19, Sec. 1. Effective February 6, 1982.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4635 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 4635.

4635.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4636 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 4636.

4636.  “Continuous production” means such management as will approach a balance between depletion and growth.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4637 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 4637.

4637.  “Forest land” means lands primarily suited to growing timber and other forest products.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4638 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 4638.

4638.  “Forest products” includes sawlogs, pilings, poles, split products, pulpwood, bolts, bark and other products.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4639 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 4639.

4639.  “Management” means the handling of forest crop and forest soil so as to achieve maximum sustained production of high quality forest products while giving consideration to values relating to recreation, watershed, wildlife, range and forage, fisheries, and aesthetic enjoyment.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 386.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4640 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 4640.

4640.  “Protection” means protection of forest trees against damage by fire, insects, disease, and trespass.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4641 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 4641.

4641.  “Purchase area” means an area of forest land within which forest lands of sufficient acreage may be available and can be consolidated to make state forest units.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4642 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 4642.

4642.  “Reforestation” includes reforestation by natural means from seed and artificially by seeding or planting.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4643 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 4643.

4643.  “State forest” means forest land owned or to be owned by the state.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4645 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 3 - State Forests|Section 4645.

4645.  The department, in accordance with plans approved by the board, may engage in the management, protection, and reforestation of state forests.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4646 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 3 - State Forests|Section 4646.

4646.  The director, acting in accordance with policies adopted by the board, shall administer this chapter. The director may exercise all powers necessary to accomplish its purposes and intent.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 89. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4647 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 3 - State Forests|Section 4647.

4647.  The department shall prepare a map setting forth the boundaries of purchase areas, and it shall prepare data relating to the forest conditions within these areas. In the preparation of the map and data the department shall be guided by, but not limited to, a report prepared and submitted to the Legislature by the California Forestry Study Committee provided for in Chapter 1086, Statutes of 1943. The department shall make the necessary surveys, examinations, appraisals, inventories, and title searches and obtain other pertinent data and information bearing on tracts of forest land offered for sale for state forest purposes.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4648 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 3 - State Forests|Section 4648.

4648.  (a) Acquisition of forest land pursuant to this chapter shall be made only upon the approval of the director. Approval by the director shall be based on satisfactory evidence presented to the director by the board as to the suitability and desirability of lands under consideration for purchase for state forest purposes. This suitability and desirability shall be predicated on, but not limited to, all of the following factors:(1) That the lands are suited primarily to timber growing.(2) That the lands represent growing capacities not below the average for the timber region.(3) That they are favorably situated for multiple use and economical administration, management, and utilization.(b) The director shall not approve the acquisition of any lands pursuant to this chapter unless the director receives a resolution recommending the action adopted by the board of supervisors of the county in which those lands are situated following a public hearing held by the board of supervisors on the proposed acquisition. Notice of the hearing shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. The holding of a hearing shall be optional to the board of supervisors for areas of 2,000 acres or less. Upon approval of a purchase by the director, the department may negotiate for and consummate the purchase of the lands.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 90. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4649 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 3 - State Forests|Section 4649.

4649.  Whenever it is deemed advisable and advantageous, the board may enter into an agreement with the Department of Corrections, or the Youth Authority for employment of inmates of these institutions in work on state forests.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4650 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 3 - State Forests|Section 4650.

4650.  (a) With the approval of the Director of General Services, the director may make sales of forest products from state forests that do not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in value without advertising for bids. With the approval of the Director of General Services, the director may also make sales that do not exceed 100,000 board feet of dead, dying, downed, diseased, or defective trees, trees harvested in connection therewith for thinning purposes or other forest improvement work, or any combination thereof, without advertising for bids. (b) Any sale of forest products in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in value, or in excess of 100,000 board feet with respect to dead, dying, downed, diseased, or defective trees, trees harvested in connection therewith for thinning purposes or other forest improvement work, or any combination thereof, shall be upon competitive bids. Advertising for bids shall be the same as is generally in use for the sale of state property.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 59, Sec. 1. Effective June 10, 1981.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4650.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 9 - State Forest|ARTICLE 3 - State Forests|Section 4650.1.

4650.1.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, timber from state forests shall not be sold to any California division of a primary manufacturer, or to any person for resale to a primary manufacturer, who does either of the following:(1) Uses that timber at any plant not located within the United States unless it is sawn on four sides to dimensions not greater than 4 inches by 12 inches.(2) Within one year prior to the bid date and one year after the termination of the contract, sells unprocessed timber, which is harvested from private timberlands and is exported into foreign commerce from this state.(b) Any purchaser of timber from state forests who makes use of timber in violation of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) is prohibited from purchasing state forest timber for a period of five years and may have his or her license suspended for a period of up to one year.(c) The department may adopt appropriate regulations to prevent the substitution of timber from state forests for timber exported from private timberlands.(d) For purposes of this section, “unprocessed timber” means trees or portions of trees or other roundwood not processed to standards and specifications suitable for end product use, but does not include timber processed into any of the following:(1) Lumber or construction timbers, except Western Red Cedar, meeting current American Lumber Standards Grades or Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau Export R or N list grades, sawn on four sides, not intended for remanufacture.(2) Lumber, construction timbers, or cants for remanufacture, except Western Red Cedar, meeting current American Lumber Standards Grades or Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau Export R or N list clear grades, sawn on four sides, not to exceed 12 inches in thickness.(3) Lumber, construction timbers, or cants for remanufacture, except Western Red Cedar, that do not meet the grades referred to in paragraph (2) and are sawn on four sides, with wane less than 1/4 of any face, not exceeding 83/4 inches in thickness.(4) Chips, pulp, or pulp products.(5) Veneer or plywood.(6) Poles, posts, or piling cut or treated with preservatives for use as such.(7) Shakes or shingles.(8) Aspen or other pulpwood bolts, not exceeding 100 inches in length, exported for processing into pulp.(9) Pulp logs or cull logs processed at domestic pulp mills, domestic chip plants, or other domestic operations for the purpose of conversion of the logs into chips.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 964, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)