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2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 1 - Forest Resources Improvement › Section 4797.

4797. To be eligible for participation in an agreement pursuant to Section 4795 or loan pursuant to Section 4796, the following conditions must be met:
(a) The application requirements of Section 4799 are satisfied.
(b) The landowner is a person owning forest land. Where the land is owned jointly by more than one individual, group, association, or corporation, as joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety, or otherwise, the joint owners shall be considered, for the purposes of this chapter, as one eligible landowner.
(c) With respect to cost-sharing agreements made pursuant to Section 4795 or loans made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 4796, the amount of forest land in the state within the ownership of the landowner is 5,000 acres or less.
(d) With respect to loans made pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 4796, the acreage of the parcel to which the proposed forest resource improvement project applies, together with the acreage included in any other such project subject to an agreement or loan executed or made pursuant to this chapter during the same fiscal year, does not exceed 500 acres; provided, that this limit shall not apply to forest resource improvement projects on lands that have been substantially damaged by fire, flood, insects, disease, or other natural causes within 36 months of submission of an application pursuant to this chapter.
(e) The parcel of forest land to which the forest resource improvement project applies is either:
(1) Within a timber preserve zone established pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 51100) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code; provided, that the parcel of forest land is not the subject of an application for rezoning or immediate rezoning pursuant to Section 51120 or 51130 of the Government Code.
(2) Subject to a contract signed by the landowner providing that the owner agrees not to develop the land for uses incompatible with forest resource management within 10 years following execution of an agreement pursuant to Section 4795 or the making of a loan pursuant to Section 4796. The director shall record the contract in the office of the county recorder in the county in which such parcel of land is located and, upon recordation, the contract shall be binding upon any person to whom such parcel of land is sold, assigned, devised, or otherwise transferred by agreement or operation of law.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1181.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 1 - Forest Resources Improvement › Section 4797.5.

4797.5. (a) Any cost share payments advanced pursuant to Section 4795 shall be refunded to the director in the event of either:
(1) The filing of an application for rezoning or immediate rezoning pursuant to Section 51120 or 51130 of the Government Code within 10 years of the date an agreement was signed pursuant to Section 4795.
(2) A violation of the contract entered into pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 4797.
The refund shall bear interest at the prevailing rate from the time of the violation as specified in clause (1) or (2) of this subdivision.
(b) Any loan made pursuant to Section 4796 shall immediately become due and payable in the event of either:
(1) The filing of an application for rezoning or immediate rezoning pursuant to Section 51120 or 51130 of the Government Code within 10 years of the making of a loan pursuant to Section 4796.
(2) A violation of the contract entered into pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 4797.
The refund shall bear interest at the prevailing rate from the time of the violation as specified in clause (1) or (2) of this subdivision.
(c) Upon failure by the landowner to refund such payments or loans, the director may place a lien upon the parcel of property to which a forest resource improvement project applied. The director shall record such lien at the appropriate county office.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1181.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 1 - Forest Resources Improvement › Section 4798.

4798. Cost share payments or loans pursuant to this chapter may be made for forest resource improvement work which is also the subject of payments or other assistance provided pursuant to federal law; provided, that payments or loans may not be made pursuant to this chapter to satisfy landowner cost share requirements of, or repay loans received pursuant to federal law; and provided, further, that the combined state and federal payments, and any required landowner cost share payments, do not together exceed the amount of the actual cost to the landowner or the prevailing cost per acre as determined by the director pursuant to Section 4801, whichever is less.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1181.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 1 - Forest Resources Improvement › Section 4799.01.

4799.01. (a) When allocating available funds among projects proposed pursuant to this chapter, the director shall select those projects that, in the judgment of the director, produce the greatest public benefit, giving consideration to both of the following factors:
(1) The need for and potential benefits of forest resource establishment or improvement were the project to be undertaken.
(2) The need for and potential benefits to long-term production, maintenance, and enhancement of the forest resource system resulting from forest land conservation measures, fish and wildlife habitat improvements, or other work.
(b) The director shall give increased preference to projects to the extent that the project applies to forest land that has been substantially damaged by fire, flood, insects, disease, or other natural causes within 36 months of submission of an application pursuant to this chapter.
(c) The director shall also give preference to projects to the extent that each of the following factors are present:
(1) The project involves a substantial amount of followup work.
(2) The project or other actions of the landowner would increase recreational opportunities for the public.
(3) The forest land to which the project applies is equivalent to site quality III or better.
(4) The project would provide relatively more employment opportunities than other proposed projects.
(5) The project is located in a county with high unemployment.
(6) A small business entity will carry out the proposed project.
(d) Consistent with the criteria set forth in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c), the director shall prepare and submit to the board proposed guidelines further specifying the criteria for evaluation and approval of forest resource improvement projects. The board shall review, approve, or amend the guidelines that the director shall follow when carrying out this chapter.
(e) The director shall establish, in consultation with interested persons or agencies and with the review and approval of the board, procedures for the review of proposed forest resource improvement projects. Those procedures shall insure that department specialists and other specialists in the areas of water quality, erosion control, and fish and wildlife protection are integrated into the review of proposed forest resource improvement projects.
(f) No allocation of funds pursuant to this chapter shall, in any fiscal year, exceed the total amount expended during the 1999–2000 fiscal year until the completion, review, and final approval by the board of an updated management plan for the Jackson Demonstration State Forest that complies with applicable state and federal law.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 409, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 1 - Forest Resources Improvement › Section 4799.02.

4799.02. To carry out the provisions of this chapter and to facilitate participation in the program authorized by this chapter, the director may promulgate such regulations, guidelines, or publications as the director deems appropriate. Such regulations, guidelines, or publications shall be submitted to the board for review or approval when required by this chapter and, even if not required, when deemed appropriate by the director for his or her guidance. Regulations, guidelines, or publications shall specify:
(a) The scope of forest resource improvement work, as described by Section 4794, for which agreements may be entered into or loans made pursuant to Section 4795 or 4796.
(b) The prevailing cost of performing various types and methods of forest resource improvement work under various site conditions throughout the forest land of the state, as required by Sections 4795 and 4796.
(c) Cost share percentage schedules as required by Section 4795.
(d) Procedures to be followed in the event of a violation of a cost-sharing or loan agreement pursuant to Section 4795 or 4796 or default of payment of loan principal or interest pursuant to Section 4796.
(e) Consistent with subdivision (g) of Section 4793, criteria to determine forest lands which have demonstrated potential for improved forest resource management and may, therefore, be eligible for forest resource improvement projects under the provisions of paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 4797.
(f) Factors to be considered and information which should be included in management plans submitted pursuant to Section 4799.
(g) A standard application form for forest resource improvement projects submitted under Section 4795 or 4796.
(h) Forest land conservation measures and fish and wildlife habitat protection guidelines to be followed in the performance of forest resource improvement projects work as provided by Section 4799.
(i) Guidelines for evaluation and approval of proposed forest resource improvement projects as required by subdivision (d) of Section 4799.01.
(j) Procedures for the review by the director and interested persons or agencies of proposed forest resource improvement projects pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 4799.01.
(k) Such other matters as the director deems necessary for the effective administration of the provisions of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1181.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 1 - Forest Resources Improvement › Section 4799.03.

4799.03. (a) The director shall work cooperatively with other public agencies of local, state, and federal government to encourage such agencies to undertake forest resource improvement work and otherwise accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The director is authorized to enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with such agencies to provide:
(1) Technical assistance.
(2) Necessary supervisorial personnel.
(3) Tree seed, tree cuttings, or seedlings.
(4) Necessary equipment.
(5) Such other assistance as may be necessary and appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
(b) In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the director shall cooperate with the Employment Development Department, the California Conservation Corps, the Cooperative Extension, resource conservation districts, industry, and other interested agencies or persons for the purpose of training needed workers and facilitating wherever feasible the creation of forest resources improvement work opportunities. The department or other state agencies are authorized to utilize state lands for the purposes of carrying out needed training pursuant to this subdivision.
(c) The director shall also endeavor to work cooperatively with other persons and public agencies to provide opportunities for voluntary, unpaid forest resources improvement work by persons who may be interested in volunteering for such work.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1181.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 2 - Urban Forestry › Section 4799.06.

4799.06. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Urban Forestry Act of 1978.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1181.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 2 - Urban Forestry › Section 4799.07.

4799.07. The Legislature finds and declares that:
(a) Trees are a vital resource in the urban environment and as an important psychological link with nature for the urban dweller.
(b) Trees are a valuable economic asset in our cities. They help maintain or increase property values, attract business and new residents in urban areas, and support job creation and business growth.
(c) Trees play an important role in energy conservation by modifying temperature extremes with shade and humidity, and by influencing wind direction and velocity. This role is particularly important in reducing the amount of energy consumed in heating and cooling buildings and homes, and potentially in producing a local fuel and energy source.
(d) Trees directly reduce air pollution by removing airborne particulates from the atmosphere and helping to purify the air.
(e) Trees help reduce noise, provide habitat for songbirds and other wildlife, reduce surface runoff and protect urban water resources, and enhance the aesthetic quality of life in urban communities.
(f) Trees planted in urban settings play a significant role in meeting the state’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets by sequestering carbon as well as reducing energy consumption.
(g) Maximizing the benefits of trees through multiple-objective projects that provide environmental services can provide cost-effective solutions to the needs of urban communities and local agencies, including, but not limited to, increased water supply, clean air and water, reduced energy use, flood and stormwater management, recreation, and urban revitalization.
(h) Growing conditions in urban areas for trees and associated plants have worsened so that many of California’s urban communities are now losing more trees than are replaced.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 720, Sec. 1. (AB 1530) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 2 - Urban Forestry › Section 4799.08.

4799.08. (a) The purpose of this chapter is to:
(1) Promote the use of urban forest resources for purposes of increasing integrated projects with multiple benefits in urban communities, including, but not limited to, the following:
(A) Expanded urban forest canopy.
(B) Community greening.
(C) Increased carbon sequestration.
(D) Reduced energy consumption.
(E) Reduction of impacts of the urban heat island effect.
(F) Improved management of stormwater and dry weather runoff.
(G) Improved local water capture and efficient use of water for urban forest maintenance.
(H) Climate adaptation, with an emphasis on disadvantaged communities.
(2) Stop the decline of our urban forest resources, facilitate the planting of trees in urban communities, and improve the quality of the environment in urban areas through the establishment and improved management of urban forest resources.
(3) Facilitate the creation of permanent jobs in tree maintenance and related urban forestry activities in neighborhood, local, and regional urban areas to enable workforce training for young women and men in disadvantaged communities.
(4) Optimize the potential of tree and vegetative cover in reducing energy consumption and producing fuel and other products.
(5) Encourage the coordination of state and local agency activities in urban forestry and related programs and encourage maximum community participation in their development and implementation.
(6) Assist the Department of Agriculture to prevent the introduction and spread within this state of known and potentially damaging or devastating invasive pests and diseases.
(7) Reduce or eliminate tree loss resulting from invasive pests and diseases.
(8) Promote policies and incentives for implementing entities that advance improved maintenance of urban forest canopy to optimize multiple benefits.
(b) In implementing this chapter, the department shall consult with the State Water Resources Control Board to identify additional opportunities to improve water resources management through urban forestry projects.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 720, Sec. 2. (AB 1530) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 2 - Urban Forestry › Section 4799.09.

4799.09. As used in this chapter the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Disadvantaged community” means a community identified as a disadvantaged community pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) “Local water” means rainwater, stormwater, recycled water, and urban runoff captured by urban forest sites through curb cuts, cisterns, tree wells, and other best management practices that offset reliance on potable water use.
(c) “Low-income community” means a community as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.
(d) “Urban area” means an urban place, as that term is defined by the United States Department of Commerce, of 2,500 or more persons.
(e) “Urban forest” means those native or introduced trees and related vegetation in the urban and near-urban areas, including, but not limited to, urban watersheds, soils and related habitats, street trees, park trees, residential trees, natural riparian habitats, and trees on other private and public properties.
(f) “Urban forest maintenance” means those activities that reduce tree mortality, ensure optimal tree health, preserve carbon sequestration and climate resilience benefits, and improve the full functionality of the urban forest. This includes, but is not limited to, mulching, watering, and proper pruning practices.
(g) “Urban forestry” means the cultivation and management of native or introduced trees and related vegetation in urban areas for their present and potential contribution to the economic, physiological, sociological, and ecological well-being of urban society.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 720, Sec. 3. (AB 1530) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 2 - Urban Forestry › Section 4799.10.2.

4799.10.2. (a) (1) The department shall complete a statewide strategic plan, in consultation with nonprofit organizations, cities, counties, other local governments of urban areas, and disadvantaged and low-income communities, to achieve a 10-percent increase of tree canopy cover in urban areas by 2035, with priority for increasing tree canopy cover in disadvantaged and low-income communities and low-canopy areas. The statewide strategic plan shall include recommendations for all of the following:
(A) State and local policies necessary to achieve the goal of increasing tree canopy cover in urban areas by 10 percent by 2035.
(B) Targets and actions for canopy increase to be completed at the regional level by 2030 in a manner that is consistent with paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 4799.10 and that supports the 2035 statewide goal.
(C) Local resources needed for the maintenance and upkeep of urban forests and strategies to secure these resources.
(D) Resources and strategies to address threats to urban forests, including climate change, extreme weather, pollution, drought and limited water resource availability, diseases, and pests.
(E) Sustainable tree canopy expansion within disadvantaged communities and low-income communities.
(F) Measures to reduce or eliminate net loss of any existing tree canopy.
(2) The statewide strategic plan completed by the department pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Legislature on or before June 30, 2025.
(b) The statewide strategic plan submitted to the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(c) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section shall be repealed on June 30, 2029.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 186, Sec. 1. (AB 2251) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of June 30, 2029, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 2 - Urban Forestry › Section 4799.11.

4799.11. (a) The department shall provide technical assistance to urban areas with respect to all of the following:
(1) Planning for regional, county, and local land use analysis projects related to urban forestry.
(2) Preparation of urban tree plans and the selection of trees in landscaping and reforestation efforts.
(3) Development and coordination of training programs for neighborhood and local agency tree planting and maintenance crews.
(4) Advice and guidance to cities, counties, districts, and regional entities, homeowner neighborhood groups, and nonprofit organizations on tree disease, insect problems, tree planting, maintenance, and best practices and metrics as developed by the department, for maintaining urban forest health.
(5) The role of forest ecology in planning for the future of urban areas, including climate change and greenhouse gas emission reductions, carbon sequestration, air quality, watershed problems, and energy conservation.
(6) Improvement and enhancement of local water capture for urban forest maintenance.
(7) Retention of native trees and riparian habitats.
(8) Any other matter relating to the purposes of this chapter.
(b) The department and other state agencies are also authorized to assist local tree maintenance and green waste utilization programs by making equipment available on loan where feasible and not detrimental to department or other state agency operations. That equipment may be used only to support regional or local urban forestry efforts consistent with this chapter, including by nonprofit organizations involved in urban tree care or urban green waste utilization efforts.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 720, Sec. 5. (AB 1530) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 2 - Urban Forestry › Section 4799.12.1.

4799.12.1. (a) Moneys appropriated from the California Community and Neighborhood Tree Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, established pursuant to Section 18735 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to the department shall be used to fund grants authorized under Section 4799.12. A minimum of 25 percent of the funds shall be used for the needs specified in subdivisions (a), (b), (c), (h), and (k) of Section 4799.12 in low-income or disadvantaged communities.
(b) This section shall become inoperative one year after the date on which Article 4 (commencing with Section 18734) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code becomes inoperative and is repealed on January 1 of the following year.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 104, Sec. 2. (SB 347) Effective January 1, 2022. Conditionally inoperative on date prescribed by its own provisions. Repealed on January 1 following the inoperative date.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 3 - Forest Resources Improvement Fund › Section 4799.13.

4799.13. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury, the Forest Resources Improvement Fund. The money in the Forest Resources Improvement Fund may only be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the cost of operations associated with management of lands held in trust by the state and operated as demonstration state forests by the department pursuant to Section 4646, including restoration activities, and to reimburse the department’s cost of maintaining and improving the campground facilities, associated recreational facilities, natural environment, and access thereto, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 4652.
(b) The Forest Resources Improvement Fund shall be the depository for all revenue derived from the repayment of loans made or interest received pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 4790), the receipts from the sale of forest products, as defined in Section 4638, from the state forests to support the operations described in subdivision (a), and revenue received from recreational user fees, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 4652. Money in the fund in excess of the amount needed to support those operations shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(c) The director may accept grants and donations of equipment, seedlings, labor, materials, or funds from any source for the purpose of supporting or facilitating activities undertaken pursuant to this part. Any funds received shall be deposited by the director in the Forest Resources Improvement Fund.
(d) Each proposed expenditure by the department of money from the Forest Resources Improvement Fund shall be included as a separate item and scheduled individually in the Budget Bill for each fiscal year for consideration by the Legislature. These appropriations shall be subject to all of the limitations contained in the Budget Bill and to all other fiscal procedures prescribed by law with respect to the expenditure of state funds.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 598, Sec. 2. (AB 2351) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 4 - Energy Production › Section 4799.14.

4799.14. The department is authorized to conduct surveys, studies, and research concerning the economic and environmental costs, benefits, and feasibility of utilizing wood wastes and forest growth for thermal processes, including, but not limited to, the generation of electrical energy or conversion to solid, gaseous, or liquid fuels for transport or industrial use. Such studies shall include research concerning the cost of gathering and transporting logging wastes and other materials from timber management operations to potential markets and the identification of locations for conversion facilities and forest management operations with high potential for utilization of wood for energy production.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1181.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 4 - Energy Production › Section 4799.15.

4799.15. The department is further authorized to provide technical and other assistance to public and private agencies and persons with respect to forest management, species selection, and other matters as to which the department has special expertise, in order to encourage and facilitate utilization of wood for energy production.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1181.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 4 - Energy Production › Section 4799.16.

4799.16. The department shall coordinate its activities and cooperate with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in the development of surveys, studies, and research concerning the utilization of wood waste and forest growth for energy. The department shall also coordinate its activities with other public and private agencies to insure that the activities of the department and such other agencies are not duplicative and the maximum benefit occurs from actions taken by the department to carry out its responsibilities pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1181.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 5 - Timberland Wildlife Study › Section 4800.

4800. It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to do all of the following:
(a) To provide coordination on wildlife and timberland issues within the Resources Agency.
(b) To improve and coordinate the state data bases for use in analyzing the cumulative impacts of timber harvesting pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)).
(c) To improve the technical basis upon which the Department of Fish and Game predicates recommendations for mitigating site-specific and cumulative effects on wildlife from timber harvesting activities.
(d) To provide recommendations to the board concerning creation of a list of species of special concern for which additional forest practices rules may be needed.
(e) To provide recommendations to the Fish and Game Commission concerning additions to its list of species that are threatened or endangered.
(f) To provide authority to the state to work cooperatively with the United States Forest Service, including the ability to provide and receive funding for wildlife studies.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1241, Sec. 1. Effective October 1, 1989.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 5 - Timberland Wildlife Study › Section 4805.

4805. (a) The director shall establish a schedule of user fees for persons using the department’s data base developed pursuant to Section 4802, which does not exceed the reasonable costs for developing, updating, and maintaining the data base.
(b) The department shall utilize its data base for the review of timber harvesting plans as appropriate, and shall permit the use of its data base by timber harvesting plan applicants for the preparation of timber harvesting plans and by other persons, upon request.
(c) Commencing on January 1, 1992, the department shall charge a fee to users of the data base pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1241, Sec. 1. Effective October 1, 1989.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 6 - Good Neighbor Authority Program › Section 4810.

4810. For purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall apply:
(a) “Agreement” means the Good Neighbor Authority Agreement entered into between the state and the federal government pursuant to Section 2113a of Title 16 of the United States Code.
(b) “Forest collaborative” means a functioning collaborative group that includes multiple persons or entities representing diverse interests, that is transparent and inclusive, and that has sufficient expertise, capacity, and scientific support to effectively plan, implement, and monitor landscape-level, ecological-based forest restoration activities.
(c) “Fund” means the Good Neighbor Authority Fund, established as specified in Section 4811.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 232, Sec. 2. (AB 697) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 6 - Good Neighbor Authority Program › Section 4811.

4811. (a) There is continued in existence in the State Treasury the Good Neighbor Authority Fund, originally established pursuant to Chapter 18 of the Statutes of 2020. The fund shall be administered by the department under the direction of the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency. The moneys in the fund shall be available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, and as authorized by Section 2113a(b)(2) of Title 16 of the United States Code, 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.
(b) The fund shall be the depository for revenues derived from the sale of forest products, as defined in Section 4638, from federal lands, as authorized by Section 2113a(b)(2) of Title 16 of the United States Code, and to the extent not in conflict with federal law or agreements, to support the activities described in subdivision (a).
(c) State departments or agencies engaged in agreements may accept grants and donations, including, but not limited to, donations of equipment, seedlings, labor, materials, or funds from any source for the purpose of supporting or facilitating activities undertaken pursuant to this section. Funds received pursuant to this subdivision shall be transferred to the department and deposited into the fund for use by state departments or agencies engaged in agreements to support the activities described in subdivision (a) at the direction of the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 232, Sec. 3. (AB 697) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2.5 - FOREST RESOURCES › CHAPTER 6 - Good Neighbor Authority Program › Section 4812.

4812. (a) Under an agreement between the state and the federal government, the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall 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. Projects shall be based on the best available science and shall emphasize the use of prescribed fire where appropriate. Projects with multiple benefits shall be prioritized, as applicable and feasible. Eligible activities under the program, consistent with Section 2113a of Title 16 of the United States Code, any other federal law, and the agreement, may include any of the following:
(1) The development of federal National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4321 et seq.) documents, and documents prepared pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)).
(2) Other activities related to project planning, such as preparation of resource surveys, analyses, and reports.
(3) Implementation and maintenance of selected projects, including ecological thinning, prescribed fire, replanting, and related activities necessary to carry out authorized restoration services pursuant to an agreement.
(b) Projects subject to this chapter shall be designed, to the extent feasible, to do the following:
(1) Prevent type conversion and the spread of invasive plants and grasses.
(2) Based upon the best available science, provide for ecological restoration and fire resiliency projects appropriate to the landscape and vegetation being treated.
(3) Provide ecologically appropriate treatment for native shrublands, such as chaparral and coastal sage scrub, including the removal of flammable nonnative invasive species and the restoration of native species, where appropriate.
(c) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency may contract with Native American tribes, state agencies, local governments, special districts, forest collaboratives, resource conservation districts, private entities, and qualified nongovernmental organizations to assist in planning, implementing, and maintaining landscape scale restoration projects on national forest lands.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 232, Sec. 4. (AB 697) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 3 - LUMBER, LOGS AND TIMBER › CHAPTER 1 - Floating Lumber › Section 4851.

4851. As used in this article, “lumber” means all timber, whether in logs, boards, planks, or beams, and whether in rafts or otherwise. It does not include the sort of wood commonly called driftwood.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 3 - LUMBER, LOGS AND TIMBER › CHAPTER 1 - Floating Lumber › Section 4852.

4852. Whenever any lumber drifts upon any island in any of the waters of this state, or upon the bank of any such waters, the owner of the lumber may remove it on payment or tendering to the owner or occupant of the land the amount of the damages which the owner or occupant of the land has sustained by reason of the drifting of the lumber upon such land, and which may accrue in its removal.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 3 - LUMBER, LOGS AND TIMBER › CHAPTER 1 - Floating Lumber › Section 4853.

4853. If the owner of the lumber does not, within three months from the time it was so drifted, take the lumber away, the owner or occupant of the land shall deliver a bill of his charges, together with the lumber, to the sheriff of the county. The sheriff shall dispose of the lumber in the manner required by Articles 1 (commencing with Section 510) and 2 (commencing with Section 530) of Chapter 3, Division 3 of the Harbors and Navigation Code with regard to wrecked perishable property.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 3 - LUMBER, LOGS AND TIMBER › CHAPTER 1 - Floating Lumber › Section 4854.

4854. When sold, the proceeds of the lumber shall be applied first to the payment of the charges of sale and in liquidation of the expenses and damages awarded to the claimant. The residue shall be paid to the county treasurer, to be by the county treasurer paid over to the former owner of the lumber, or the former owner’s representatives, or assigns, on the production of proof of their former ownership satisfactory to the judge of the superior court of the county, and on the judge’s order therefor, made within one year after its receipt.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 95. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 3 - LUMBER, LOGS AND TIMBER › CHAPTER 1 - Floating Lumber › Section 4855.

4855. The rejection by the judge of any claimant’s right to the proceeds is conclusive, unless within six months thereafter the claimant commences action to obtain the proceeds. If no claim is made or sustained to the proceeds, the county treasurer shall place the proceeds in the county unapportioned elementary school fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 96. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 3 - LUMBER, LOGS AND TIMBER › CHAPTER 2 - Marking Logs and Timber › Section 4875.

4875. In all cases where two or more persons, firms, or corporations are engaged in or intend to engage in putting or placing logs or timber into any navigable water in this state for the purpose of rafting or floating such logs or timber to any place within this state for manufacture or sale and where such logs are to be rafted or floated a distance of one mile or more, such person, firm or corporation may have some mark of his or its selection and authenticated as provided in this chapter impressed in a conspicuous place on the end or surface of each such log or piece of timber.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 3 - LUMBER, LOGS AND TIMBER › CHAPTER 2 - Marking Logs and Timber › Section 4877.

4877. Any log or timber which has any such recorded mark impressed on it shall be presumed to belong to the person, firm, or corporation in whose name the mark has been recorded.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 3 - LUMBER, LOGS AND TIMBER › CHAPTER 2 - Marking Logs and Timber › Section 4878.

4878. Every person, firm, or corporation that neglects to have his or its mark or marks recorded, as provided by Section 4875, is debarred from all benefits arising from the recordings of the mark or marks, and the vendee or assignee of any such logs or timber is subject to the same regulations and restrictions.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 3 - LUMBER, LOGS AND TIMBER › CHAPTER 2 - Marking Logs and Timber › Section 4879.

4879. It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, except boom companies which may be required or compelled to catch and hold logs or timber, to take up or have in their possession, or to sell, dispose of, or convert or appropriate to their own use, without the written consent of the owner or his agent, any marked log, timber, pole, pile, tie, shingle bolt, boom stick, or lumber of value, not the property of such person, firm or corporation, found on the bank or banks of, or adrift, or strayed in, any harbor, river, lake, bay, slough, bayou, creek, pond, stream, ditch or other waters situated wholly or partly within the boundaries of this state, if the person or company claiming such mark has had a description and diagram of it recorded in any of the counties of this state through which such property was to be floated for manufacture or sale. Knowledge of the ownership of all such logs, timber, or lumber for the purpose of this chapter shall be conclusively presumed upon proof that the logs, timber or lumber were marked and that the description and diagram had been theretofore recorded. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding six hundred dollars ($600), or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 343. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 4 - CONSERVATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM › CHAPTER 1 - California Conservation Camp Program › Section 4951.

4951. In enacting this chapter, it is the purpose of the Legislature to declare the existence of a California Conservation Camp program to provide for the training and use of the inmates and wards assigned to conservation camps in the furtherance of public conservation.
It is the policy of this state to require the inmates and wards assigned to such camps to perform public conservation projects including, but not limited to, forest fire prevention and control, forest and watershed management, recreation, fish and game management, soil conservation and forest and watershed revegetation.
In order to effect the maximum possible conservation and development of natural resources for the benefit of the people of this state, whenever reasonably possible, conservation projects of a multiple purpose nature shall be undertaken by the California Conservation Camps. The various agencies concerned with conservation projects shall consult and advise with each other to promote these multiple-purpose conservation projects and in order to achieve this goal may enter into such contracts as may be necessary.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 4 - CONSERVATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM › CHAPTER 1 - California Conservation Camp Program › Section 4952.

4952. As used in this chapter “California Conservation Camps” or “camps” means any camps now or hereafter established, as provided by law, for the purpose of receiving prisoners committed to the custody of the Director of Corrections and wards committed to the Director of the Youth Authority, and in which the work projects performed by the inmates or wards are supervised by employees of the department.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 4 - CONSERVATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM › CHAPTER 1 - California Conservation Camp Program › Section 4953.

4953. (a) The department shall utilize inmates and wards assigned to conservation camps in performing fire prevention, fire control, and other work of the department. At times it deems proper and on terms it deems wise, the department may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with a public agency, local, state, or federal, or with a qualified nonprofit organization that has a demonstrated ability to plan, implement, and complete a conservation project and meets other criteria, as determined by the department, for the performance of other conservation projects that are appropriate for those public agencies or that nonprofit organization under policies that shall be established by the Prison Industry Authority. The charge for the service shall be determined by the director. All these contracts are subject to the approval of the director and the Director of General Services.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “nonprofit organization” means any California corporation exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), or 501(c)(5) of the federal Internal Revenue Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 259, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 4 - CONSERVATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM › CHAPTER 1 - California Conservation Camp Program › Section 4956.

4956. The conditions of work to be performed under such contracts or agreements shall be consistent with the requirements, as determined by the Director of Corrections and the Director of the Youth Authority, for maintaining control of inmates or wards committed to their respective custody.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 4 - CONSERVATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM › CHAPTER 1 - California Conservation Camp Program › Section 4957.

4957. Conservation camp inmates and wards may be utilized in the rescue of lost or injured persons, the saving of life, and the protection of property. The department may cooperate with local agencies of government to accomplish these purposes.
The department may also, upon the request of the appropriate local agency, utilize conservation camp inmates and wards in the performance of watershed revegetation and related work necessary to prevent flood damage to land resulting from the destruction of vegetation by fire.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1277, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 4 - CONSERVATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM › CHAPTER 1 - California Conservation Camp Program › Section 4958.

4958. Conservation camp inmates and wards may, upon the request of the appropriate public agency, be utilized in the performance of preventive maintenance or reconstruction of levees or of any other work necessary to prevent flood damage to land resulting from levee breaks or overflows.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 732, Sec. 2.)