Bill Title: Seeks to protect the public trust in the natural resources in state parks and historic sites by protecting their natural resources (i.e., timber, forest products, oil, gas, sand, rock, gravel or minerals derived from or originating in a state park or historic site) from certain commercial uses; prohibits the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation (and officers and employees thereof) from engaging in various activities related to commercial use of natural resources, that is: entering into leases or contracts with a private party to log timber; selling or exchanging timber, forest products or other natural resources for use outside the park or site; conversion of any natural resource, etc.; the extension of existing leases or contracts for the conversion of natural resources; or the construction of logging roads or skids; defines the terms "conversion", "forest product", "private party" and "timber".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - referred to tourism, arts and sports development [A00375 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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