Bill Text: CA SB1256 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public resources: prevention and control of forest fires.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-08 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1256 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB1256-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1256	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Berryhill

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Section 4117 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to prevention and control of forest fires.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1256, as introduced, Berryhill. Public resources: prevention
and control of forest fires.
   Existing law provides that any county, city, or district may adopt
ordinances, rules, or regulations to provide fire prevention
restrictions or regulations necessary to meet local conditions of
weather, vegetation, or other fire hazards. Existing law also
provides that such ordinances, rules, or regulations may be more
restrictive than state statutes in order to meet local fire hazard
conditions.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to existing
law.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 4117 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   4117.  Any county, city, or district may adopt ordinances, rules,
or regulations to provide fire prevention restrictions or regulations
 that are  necessary to meet local conditions of
weather, vegetation, or other fire hazards. Such ordinances, rules,
or regulations may be more restrictive than state statutes in order
to meet local fire hazard conditions.