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Read. Follow. Verify.Assembly Bill 2513 authorizes direct regional landscape grants and indefinite advance payments for wildfire resilience
Record date · September 15, 2026
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What This Bill Would Do
Assembly Bill 2513 authorizes the Director of Conservation and the Wildlife Conservation Board to directly award regional landscape grants to regional and local entities for wildfire resilience strategies. The bill indefinitely extends the Department of Conservation's authority to make advance grant payments and expands eligible activities under the local assistance grant program to include vegetation modification and ignition prevention along roadways.
Regional entities, local agencies, Native American tribes, and qualified nonprofits gain access to direct grant funding and advance payments for vegetation management and wildfire risk reduction projects.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Regional entities
Regional entities are authorized to receive direct regional landscape grants and advance payments from the Director of Conservation to implement regional priority strategies.
Local entities
Local entities are authorized to receive regional landscape grants from the Wildlife Conservation Board.
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
The department must allocate specified appropriated moneys for ecosystem health projects and direct regional landscape grants, and establish funding guidelines in collaboration with the task force.
Local agencies, resource conservation districts, fire safe councils, and Native American tribes
These groups experience expanded grant eligibility to include vegetation modification, ignition risk management along roadways, and ignition prevention activities.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is eligible to receive the newly authorized regional landscape grants?
What new activities are permitted under the local assistance grant program?
What happens to the previous expiration date for advance grant payments?
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