AB 1699: Good Fire Act: Prescribed Fire Liability Pilot Program: burn bosses: California Environmental Quality Act.

This bill establishes the "Good Fire Act", which indefinitely extends the prescribed fire liability pilot program. It expands program eligibility to include individuals and entities other than government agencies, and allows for coverage of losses from prescribed fires and cultural burning. The bill also eliminates the requirement for department approval for a plan reviewed and approved by a burn boss. The bill requires the state fire marshal to recertify burn bosses every three years and develop a mechanism to allow specified individuals to be designated as burn bosses. It also waives the inspection requirement for burn permits and modifies standard precautions for applications submitted by specified individuals. The bill exempts from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) actions taken by the department to assist in the implementation of prescribed fire or cultural burning pr…