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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session 2020
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SENATE BILL 1488 |
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AN ACT
amending section 37-483, arizona revised statutes; appropriating monies; relating to land management.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 37-483, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
37-483. Program to remove hazardous vegetation; best land management practices; program termination; definition
A. On or before January 1, 2018 2021, the commissioner and the state forester shall collaborate to establish a program to promote best land management practices to remove vegetative natural products hazardous vegetation from state trust land for the purposes of fire suppression and forest and watershed management on state lands and to facilitate the development of wood products industries in this state.
b. The program shall include a plan to coordinate with appropriate public agencies to identify and remove hazardous vegetation from federal and tribal lands for the purposes of protecting critical infrastructure or water supplies.
B. c. To implement the program to remove vegetative natural products hazardous vegetation, the commissioner and or state forester may:
1. Coordinate and contract with public agencies and private entities.
2. Use programs that are designed to reduce parolee recidivism.
3. Enter into an intergovernmental agreement pursuant to title 11, chapter 7, article 3 with a county, city, town, natural resource conservation district or other political subdivision public agency to share the cost of implementing the program removal of hazardous vegetation. An intergovernmental agreement entered into pursuant to this paragraph must state the responsibilities of each party with regard to implementing the program to remove vegetative natural products removal of hazardous vegetation from state trust, federal and tribal lands.
C. D. The program established pursuant to this section ends on July 1, 2027 2029 pursuant to section 41‑3102.
E. For the purposes of this section, "public agency" has the same meaning prescribed in section 11-951.
Sec. 2. Appropriation; state forester; hazardous vegetation removal; exemption
A. The sum of $4,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the state forester for the purposes provided for in section 37-483, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act.
B. The appropriation made in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.