Bill Text: CA AB1067 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1067 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Public lands: Department of Parks and Recreation: wildfire management plan: fire hazard severity zones.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2020-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1067 Detail]

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1067

Introduced by Assembly Member Bigelow

February 21, 2019

An act to add Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 5390) to Division 5 of the Public Resources Code, relating to public lands.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1067, as introduced, Bigelow. Public lands: Department of Parks and Recreation: wildfire management plan: wildland-urban interface.

Under existing law, the Department of Parks and Recreation controls the state park system, which is made up of units. Existing law also gives the department authority over, among other areas, state vehicular recreation areas, as provided, and makes the Director of Parks and Recreation responsible for planning and for the orderly development and operation of the California Recreational Trails System. Existing law requires the department to administer, protect, develop, and interpret the property under its jurisdiction for the use and enjoyment of the public.

Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Director of Housing and Community Development, to propose fire protection building standards, as provided, for buildings in fire hazard severity zones. Existing law makes these standards applicable to buildings in urban wildland interface communities, as defined.

This bill would require the Director of Parks and Recreation, no later than January 1, 2023, to develop and implement a wildfire management plan for all property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation that is in the wildland-urban interface, as defined.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 5390) is added to Division 5 of the Public Resources Code, to read:

CHAPTER 2.3. Wildfire Management Plan for Property in Wildland-Urban Interface

5390.

For purposes of this chapter, the term “wildland-urban interface” means the area where structures and other human development generally meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland.

5391.

No later than January 1, 2023, the director shall develop and implement a wildfire management plan for all property under the jurisdiction of the department that is in the wildland-urban interface.