IN SB0305 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-07 - First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
Pending: Senate Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-07 - First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
Pending: Senate Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Timber management. Requires that, before a permit, lease, or contract is issued to a person to remove merchantable timber, the person must secure a written approval from all counties in which any truck to be used in the removal operation is to be driven. Requires the department of natural resources (department) to prepare and publish on the department's Internet web site a cost-benefit analysis concerning the removal of merchantable timber from state forests. Provides that the department may not advertise or solicit bids for the removal of merchantable timber from a state forest until the cost-benefit analysis has been published on the department's Internet web site for at least 30 days.
Title
Timber management. Requires that, before a permit, lease, or contract is issued to a person to remove merchantable timber, the person must secure a written approval from all counties in which any truck to be used in the removal operation is to be driven. Requires the department of natural resources (department) to prepare and publish on the department's Internet web site a cost-benefit analysis concerning the removal of merchantable timber from state forests. Provides that the department may not advertise or solicit bids for the removal of merchantable timber from a state forest until the cost-benefit analysis has been published on the department's Internet web site for at least 30 days.
Sponsors
| Sen. Mark Stoops [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-07 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources |
| 2019-01-07 | Senate | Authored by Senator Stoops |
Indiana State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/305/details |
| Text | http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/a/1/d/aa1dce5b/SB0305.01.INTR.pdf |
