California Public Resources Code

§ 4512.5

PRC § 4512.5 Effective Jan 1, 2012Div. 4 · Part 2 · Ch. 8 · Art. 1

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)State forests play a critical and unique role in the state’s carbon balance by sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it long term as carbon.

(b)According to the scoping plan adopted by the State Air Resources Board pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code), the state’s forests currently are an annual net sequester of five million metric tons of carbon dioxide (5MMTCO2). In fact, the forest sector is the only sector included in the scoping plan that provides a net sequestration of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 256. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.