California ABX16 would allow noncommercial wildfire fuels reduction projects in timberland to prepare a timber harvesting plan instead of complying.

California ABX16 would add a new section to the Public Resources Code, allowing projects exclusively for noncommercial wildfire fuels reduction in timberland, funded in part or in whole with public funds, to prepare a timber harvesting plan as an alternative to complying with specific regulations. These projects would not be considered timber operations but would be regulated as timber operations. The bill also specifies that no reimbursement is required for costs incurred by local agencies or school districts due to changes in criminal or infraction definitions.

California ABX16 would allow noncommercial wildfire fuels reduction projects in timberland to prepare a timber harvesting plan instead of complying.

California ABX16 would add a new section to the Public Resources Code, allowing projects exclusively for noncommercial wildfire fuels reduction in timberland, funded in part or in whole with public funds, to prepare a timber harvesting plan as an alternative to complying with specific regulations. These projects would not be considered timber operations but would be regulated as timber operations. The bill also specifies that no reimbursement is required for costs incurred by local agencies or school districts due to changes in criminal or infraction definitions.