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What it is

Bill to set common rules for forest rangers nationwide

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 24 May 2017. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Confederal de Unidos Podemos-En Comú Podem-En Marea.

Official title: Private member's bill establishing a Basic State Law for Forest Agents and Environmental Security.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000101· updated 11 Nov

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  1. The bill would give a common name, Agentes Forestales y Medioambientales (Forest and Environmental Agents), to all public employees who perform surveillance, policing and custody of natural and forest resources, while each administration may keep its own name.
  2. It would recognize them as officers of the authority, as special administrative police and as judicial police, and the facts they record in inspection and complaint reports would be presumed accurate.
  3. It would set their basic duties: environmental policing, technical support for managing the natural environment, and assistance in emergencies and civil protection, including preventing and investigating forest fires.
  4. It would detail their powers: asking people to identify themselves, entering places subject to inspection, taking samples and photos, seizing objects and adopting provisional measures, including confiscation.
  5. It would require workplace health and safety plans and would have the agents carry personal defense equipment proportionate to risks to their life or physical integrity.
  6. It would create a State Commission for cooperation between corps, provide for judicial police units attached to the environmental and urban planning prosecutors' offices, and ask the Government to adapt the weapons and vehicle regulations within one year.

Who it affects

  • Forest and environmental agents: They would gain a common basic legal framework nationwide, with regulated duties, powers and defense equipment.
  • Autonomous communities and local entities: They would have to organize their corps under these common minimums, while keeping their own powers and names.
  • State security forces: They would work in a coordinated way with forest agents, who act as a collaborating police force.
  • The general public: People would have to identify themselves and cooperate when agents lawfully require it.

Words worth knowing

Agente de la autoridad (officer of the authority)
A public officer whose actions and reports have full legal value and who must be obeyed and assisted.
Policía judicial (judicial police)
The branch of police that helps judges, courts and prosecutors investigate crimes.
Ley básica (basic law)
A State law setting common minimums for the whole country, without preventing each region from adding its own rules.
Decomiso (confiscation)
The seizure of objects or means used to commit an offense.
Ley Orgánica (organic law)
A law requiring a special majority in Congress, reserved for very important matters.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced24 May 2017Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted29 May 2017The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Dec 2017Dec 201811. 24 May 2017: Presentación22. 29 May 2017: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 29/05/2017 hasta 02/06/201733. 29 May 2017: Calificación44. 2 June 2017: Gobierno Contestación desde 02/06/2017 hasta 08/09/201755. 8 September 2017: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 08/09/2017 hasta 05/03/201966. 5 March 2019: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 05/03/2019 hasta 27/03/2019

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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