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2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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 8
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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.)
2023 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 4651.

4651. The management of state forests and the cutting and sale of timber and other forest products from state forests shall conform to regulations prepared by the director and approved by the board. These regulations shall be in conformity with forest management practices designed 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. The sale of timber and other forest products is limited to raw materials only.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
2023 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 4652.

4652. (a) The department may collect recreational user fees for overnight camping and reserved group activities in a demonstration state forest. The department shall not charge a fee that exceeds the amount necessary to reimburse the department’s costs for maintenance and improvement of campground facilities, associated recreational facilities, natural environment, and access thereto.
(b) All recreational user fees received by the department during each fiscal year shall be deposited into the Forest Resources Improvement Fund and shall be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to reimburse the department’s cost of maintaining and improving the campground facilities, associated recreational facilities, natural environment, and access thereto.
(c) Receipts from the sales of forest products and recreational user fees shall be deposited monthly with the State Treasurer in the Forest Resources Improvement Fund. The Controller shall keep a record of accounts of such receipts separately.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 598, Sec. 1. (AB 2351) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 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 4653.

4653. State-owned lands classified by the department and approved by the board as not suited to the growing of forest products, or necessary to the management of the forest, shall be sold according to state laws.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
2023 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 4654.

4654. There shall be paid to each county in which lands acquired for state forest purposes are situated, out of funds hereafter made available for such purpose, an amount equivalent to taxes levied by the county on similar land similarly situated in the county in the same manner as provided in the Revenue and Taxation Code for secured property tax payments as long as the state continues to own the land. Such payments shall be based only upon the value of the forest lands used for purposes of continuous commercial forest production and not upon value of such forest land used for any other purposes, including any improvements on such lands. Determination of what constitutes similar land similarly situated shall be made by a committee consisting of the county assessor of the county in which the land is located, a representative of the State Board of Equalization and a representative of the department.
The money received by any county pursuant to this section may be expended by it for any proper state purpose not prohibited by the State Constitution.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
2023 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 4655.

4655. Tax-deeded lands classified as forest lands, pursuant to Chapter 4.3 (commencing with Section 3534), Part 6, Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, may be acquired for the state forest purposes through the usual procedure governing the sale of tax-deeded lands.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
2023 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 4656.

4656. This chapter does not interfere with the reasonable use of state forests for hunting, fishing, recreation and camping, except as otherwise provided by law.
The use of state forest lands for grazing and mining purposes shall be permitted pursuant to regulations established by the board in accordance with Chapter 3. 5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The use and development of water facilities for irrigation and power shall be permitted as provided by law.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 359.)
2023 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 4656.1.

4656.1. The board may establish rules and regulations, in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, for the preservation, protection, and use of state forests and for the promotion and protection of public health and safety within state forests.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 360.)
2023 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 4656.2.

4656.2. The department shall protect the state forests from damage and preserve the peace therein.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
2023 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 4656.3.

4656.3. Any person who violates the rules and regulations pertaining to the state forests established by the board is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 341. 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 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › CHAPTER 9 - State Forest › ARTICLE 3 - State Forests › Section 4657.

4657. Insofar as the provisions of this chapter may be in conflict with any other provision of this division, the provision of this chapter shall control.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
2023 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 4658.

4658. The Mountain Home Tract Forest in Tulare County shall be developed and maintained, pursuant to this chapter, as a multiple-use forest, primarily for public hunting, fishing, and recreation. In future acquisitions and exchanges of land, as provided by law, the acreage in state ownership shall not be reduced below 4,000 acres.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
2023 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 4 - Soquel Demonstration State Forest › Section 4660.

4660. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to establish and preserve an intensively managed, multifaceted research forest which is representative of forest activities as a living forest in Santa Cruz County within northern California’s coastal redwood belt. The coast redwoods, as the dominant tree species in this area, are a valuable natural resource and are unique in North America for their beauty, abundance, diversity, and public accessibility, and their extreme beauty and economic value requires special measures for their protection for the use, enjoyment, and education of the public.
It is the intent of the Legislature, in establishing the Soquel Demonstration State Forest, to provide an environment that will do all of the following:
(a) Provide watershed protection for local communities and base-line monitoring and studies of the hazards, risks, and benefits of forest operations and watersheds to urban areas.
(b) Provide public education and examples illustrating compatible rural land uses, including sustained yield timber production, as well as the historic development of timbering and forestry machinery, within the context of local community protection and nearby pressures.
(c) Provide a resource for the public, environmental groups, elected officials, environmental planners, the educational community, and the media as an open environment for the inspection and study of environmental education, forestry practices, and effects thereof.
(d) Protect old growth redwood trees.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1338, Sec. 1.)
2023 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 4 - Soquel Demonstration State Forest › Section 4661.

4661. The department may permit a limited amount of commercial timber operations on the property within the Soquel Demonstration State Forest in order to provide funds for the maintenance and operation of the state forest and to allow fulfillment of the objectives of Section 4660. Income from the state forest property shall sustain all costs of operation and provide income for research and educational purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1338, Sec. 1.)
2023 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 4 - Soquel Demonstration State Forest › Section 4662.

4662. The department is responsible for the establishment and development of the Soquel Demonstration State Forest and for ongoing maintenance and operations. The director shall appoint an advisory committee to assist the department in planning future management of the forest. The advisory committee shall include representatives of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Forest of Nisene Marks Advisory Committee, and the Department of Fish and Game.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 972, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 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 4 - Soquel Demonstration State Forest › Section 4663.

4663. The department, in coordination with the advisory committee, shall adopt a general plan for the state forest which reflects the long-range development and management plans to provide for the optimum use and enjoyment of the living forest, as provided in Section 4660, as well as the protection of its quality and the watershed within the Santa Cruz area. The advisory committee shall approve the general plan prior to adoption by the department.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 153, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 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 4 - Soquel Demonstration State Forest › Section 4664.

4664. The duties and authority of the department pursuant to this article shall only arise if the state acquires the property comprising the Soquel Demonstration State Forest.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1338, Sec. 1.)
2023 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 10 - Protection of Forest and Lands › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperative Agreements › Section 4671.

4671. The department may, in accordance with the policy of the board, engage in and demonstrate methods of developing, using, and protecting the forest and wild land resources of the state. To accomplish such purpose, it may, with the approval of the Department of Finance, enter into agreements with any agency of government, including the federal government, and with any person, firm, or corporation and may make expenditures for such purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
2023 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 10 - Protection of Forest and Lands › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperative Agreements › Section 4672.

4672. The department may, in accordance with the policy of the board, engage in surveys of soil, vegetation, and forest products on the forest, range, and watershed lands of the state. The department may, with the approval of the Department of Finance, enter into agreements with any agency of government, including the University of California and the federal government, and with any person, firm or corporation, for the purpose of engaging in cooperative soil, vegetation, and forest surveys and may make expenditures for such purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
2023 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 10 - Protection of Forest and Lands › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperative Agreements › Section 4673.

4673. The department, with the approval of the Director of General Services, may enter into an agreement with any federal agency for the purpose of investigating the effect of forest cover in the conservation of water and the prevention of erosion on watershed areas.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
2023 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 10 - Protection of Forest and Lands › ARTICLE 1 - Cooperative Agreements › Section 4674.

4674. The department may, with the approval of the Department of General Services, enter into a cooperative agreement, upon the terms and under the conditions as the director deems wise, for either of the following purposes, with any county, city, or district that makes an appropriation for any such purpose:
(a) The protection and forest management of any lands over which the county, city, or district has jurisdiction.
(b) The reforestation or afforestation on lands within the county, city, or district.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 91. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.)
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4675. It is in the public interest and to the benefit of the state that watershed lands are rehabilitated to conserve water and soil and to prevent destructive floods.
In furtherance of this policy, the department may conduct surveys and studies, formulate plans, and perform all acts incidental to establishing and maintaining vegetative cover on watershed lands and maintaining watercourse channels free of natural impediments or destructive materials during peak flood flows, including any work necessary to accomplish these purposes.
With the approval of the Director of General Services, the department may enter into contracts with any federal agency or any person, as defined in Section 4101, for any purpose authorized by this section.
The department, or any federal agency or person which has entered into a contract with the department for any purpose authorized by this section, may, in accomplishing the purpose, enter upon, perform required work upon, and inspect any lands.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 350, Sec. 2.)
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4676. (a) The director may authorize any work for any purpose authorized by Section 4675 as an exercise of the director’s emergency powers and may request the assistance of any federal agency or person in connection with that work if any of the following conditions exist:
(1) Natural vegetative cover has been denuded to the extent that precipitation may create floods and serious soil depletion and erosion.
(2) The denuded area is of a size, and the topography and soil characteristics of such a nature, that soil loss and floods will have a significant effect upon watershed values and the public health, safety, or welfare.
(3) Vegetative cover will not be restored by natural means in time to effectively prevent undue erosion and flood runoff.
(4) Woody plants and debris within or adjacent to the watercourse channels in or directly downstream from the denuded areas will significantly impede flood runoff or accelerate channel scour. Prior to commencing any work in response to this condition, the director shall advise the Director of Fish and Game of the proposed work.
(b) The expenditure of state funds for emergency work authorized under subdivision (a) shall be limited to lands classified as a state responsibility area pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 4125) of Chapter 1. Any contract for emergency work affecting both a state responsibility area and nonclassified lands shall require that the cost of the work be shared proportionately between the department and the other responsible federal agency or person, as defined in Section 4101.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 350, Sec. 3.)
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4681. State nurseries shall be maintained under the management of the department for all of the following purposes:
(a) Operation of a state seed bank to provide facilities for the processing and storage of adequate supplies of high-quality seed necessary to protect the genetic integrity and diversity of forest tree and plant species, giving emphasis to those native species threatened with extinction.
(b) Reforestation of public and private lands, giving preference to forest land which has been substantially damaged by fire, flood, insects, disease, or other natural causes.
(c) Production for sale of tree seedlings planted for purposes of meeting resource conservation standards required pursuant to Section 4561 and the rules and regulations of the board. For this purpose, the department shall take whatever steps are necessary to ensure to the maximum degree feasible that the seedlings are adapted to the planting site, and represent an appropriate diversity of forest species.
(d) Propagation and distribution of tree seedlings of the species Taxus brevifolia (Pacific yew) for research related to taxol in the treatment of cancer.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 756, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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4682. The department shall construct and maintain such buildings, improvements, and equipment, and shall employ and fix the compensation of such employees as may be necessary to carry out this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
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4683. The department may purchase nursery stock and seed, and may distribute stock or seed for the following purposes:
(a) Public planting or reforestation of public lands, giving emphasis to forest and watershed land which has been substantially damaged by fire, flood, insects, disease, or other natural causes.
(b) Restoration of native tree and plant species threatened with extinction.
(c) Establishment of experimental plantations of Taxus brevifolia (Pacific yew) for the purpose of research related to taxol in the treatment of cancer.
(d) Soil erosion control, watershed protection, or farm windbreaks.
(e) The production of forest products and farm woodlot products on private lands.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 756, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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4684. Trees, plants, nursery stock, and seeds which are sold pursuant to this article shall be sold at prices that are established by the department and approved by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
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4684.5. Notwithstanding Section 4684, the director may give such forest seedlings or native plants for the purposes of reforestation or soil erosion control at the end of each season’s sales as are, in his determination, surplus, to private persons or nonprofit organizations for planting on state, federal, or other public property. Any person or nonprofit organization requesting such surplus forest seedlings or native plants shall provide such information as the director determines is necessary to insure that the forest seedlings or native plants will be planted on public property and that they are sufficiently compatible with the proposed planting area to have a reasonable chance for survival.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
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4685. The Governor, on behalf of the state, may receive all conveyances or donations of real or personal property necessary to vest in the state the title to any site for a state nursery and to any equipment and supplies that are donated for a state nursery.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
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4691. It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the welfare of the people of this state that the need for wood, lumber, poles, piling, wood pulp and other forest products, augmented by the growth of population, requires all forest lands to be kept in a fully productive condition. It is further declared that there are within the state more than two million acres of burned and cutover lands not now contributing adequately to the growth of forest crops nor to the economy of the state. It is further declared to be in the interest of the people of California that the state determine feasible means and methods for reforesting nonproducing forest lands to the end that all forest lands will be eventually brought up to their maximum growth capacity.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
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4692. The department may make surveys and prepare maps setting forth the areas of nonrestocking forest lands.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
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4693. The department may undertake experiments and studies, on lands owned by the state or made available by private owners through cooperative agreements pertinent to determining costs and feasible methods of reforestation by planting, seeding, release of natural seedlings from competing brush, or other procedure deemed promising of the desired results, and involving also brush removal and control, soil preparation and control of rodents or other destructive organisms.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
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4694. Experimentation and studies shall be conducted with the advice and cooperation of the University of California School of Forestry.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 56, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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4695. The department may collect the additional seed required, increase the capacity of state nurseries, purchase the necessary equipment and employ the necessary personnel to effectuate the purposes of this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
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4701. The director, upon the recommendation of the board, may accept on behalf of the state gifts of land suitable for forestry purposes or suitable for the purposes of reforestation or afforestation, and may receive contributions from any source for the purchase, or the care and maintenance, of such land. The recommendation of the board shall be made by resolution duly adopted at a regular meeting.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
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4702. The acceptance of the land or contributions shall be subject to such conditions or restrictions as the board deems advisable. Any conditions or restrictions required by the board shall be clearly set forth in the resolution of the board which recommends acceptance of the land or contributions and in the instruments of conveyance.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
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4703. Before accepting conveyance of the land, the director shall have the title examined. The director shall not accept title unless a good and merchantable title free and clear of all taxes, liens, or other financial encumbrances is shown to be vested in the grantor or donor. The title shall be passed upon and approved by the Attorney General.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 92. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.)
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4712. As used in this article:
(a) “Owner” includes any individual, partnership, corporation, or association.
(b) “Timberland” means any land which has enough timber, standing or down, to constitute, in the judgment of the board, an insect or pine beetle infestation breeding ground or plant disease hazard of a nature to constitute a menace, injurious and dangerous to timber or forest growth.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
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4713. Pine beetles and other insect pests or plant diseases which are harmful, detrimental and injurious to timber and forest growth are a public nuisance.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
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4714. Every owner of timber or timberlands shall control or eradicate the insect pests or plant diseases on lands owned by the owner or under the owner’s control. If the owner does not do so the work may be performed as provided in this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 93. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.)
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4714.5. The movement of eucalyptus wood containing live Eucalyptus Longhorn Borers or their larvae in trucks or trailers is prohibited. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 225, Sec. 2.)
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4715. The department, in accordance with policy established by the board, may enter into agreements with any owner and with any agency of government, including the federal government, for the purpose of controlling or eradicating forest insects or plant diseases damaging or threatening destruction to timber or forest growth, and it may make expenditures for that purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 408, Sec. 1.)