REFERENCE TITLE: wildland-urban interface study committee |
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014
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HB 2106 |
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Introduced by Representative Kavanagh
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AN ACT
Establishing the wildland-urban interface study committee.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Wildland-urban interface study committee; report; delayed repeal
A. The wildland-urban interface committee is established consisting of the following members who are appointed by the state forester:
1. One member who has experience in city or town planning and zoning in high risk wildland-urban interface areas.
2. One member who has experience in county planning and zoning in high risk wildland-urban interface areas.
3. One member who is a wildland fire expert.
4. One member who is a forest management expert.
5. One member who has knowledge and expertise in property development in wildland areas.
B. Committee members are not eligible to receive compensation.
C. The committee shall study and develop legislative recommendations relating to the following:
1. State laws and local ordinances relating to the creation of defensible space in and around wildland-urban interface areas, including the removal of hazardous vegetation on private property.
2. Building codes for residential and commercial buildings in wildland-urban interface areas relating to fire prevention and control.
3. Zoning ordinances for wildland-urban interface areas relating to fire prevention and control.
4. Other matters relating to wildland-urban fire prevention and control that the committee considers to be necessary.
D. The committee shall submit a report of its findings and legislative recommendations on or before December 31, 2014 to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.
E. This section is repealed from and after September 30, 2015.