SB 6837 - DIGEST |
Addresses forest fire protection and emergency fire suppression funding. |
Requires the department of natural resources to: (1) Review the emergency fire suppression expenditures of the department for certain fires; and |
(2) Adopt rules defining areas of defensible space that the owner and person responsible shall maintain, and defining the different classification of fires. |
Imposes a fee of twenty dollars on each building permit issued by a county or city for structures that will be erected within certain forest protection zones. |
Subjects certain lessees of land to an annual emergency fire suppression assessment equal to five percent of the annual lease amount. |