Bill Text: OR HB4098 | 2012 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the amount of timber harvested from state forestlands; declaring an emergency.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 17-2)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-05 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB4098 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2012-HB4098-Engrossed.html
76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2012 Regular Session
NOTE: Matter within { + braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus
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LC 53
A-Engrossed
House Bill 4098
Ordered by the House February 15
Including House Amendments dated February 15
Sponsored by Representative OLSON; Representatives BREWER,
CAMERON, ESQUIVEL, HUFFMAN, KENNEMER, KRIEGER, MATTHEWS,
MCLANE, PARRISH, SCHAUFLER, SHEEHAN, G SMITH, SPRENGER,
THATCHER, WINGARD, Senators ATKINSON, OLSEN (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
Requires that annual timber harvest on state forestlands in
each subject forest district equal { + , at minimum, + }
specified percentage of annual amount of harvestable timber
expected to be grown on state forestlands in district.
Establishes alternative harvest amount.
Applies to timber harvest and expected harvestable timber
growth in calendar years beginning on or after January 1, 2013.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the amount of timber harvested from state
forestlands; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) Except as provided under subsection (2) of
this section, as part of managing state forestlands under ORS
530.050 to secure the greatest permanent value of those lands to
the state, the State Forester shall manage forest districts so
that the annual timber harvest from state forestlands in each
forest district, measured in million board feet, at a minimum
equals 85 percent of the annual amount of harvestable timber
expected to be grown on state forestlands in that district under
ORS 527.610 to 527.770. As used in this subsection, 'forest
district' means state forestland that as of January 1, 2012, was
administered by the State Forestry Department as the Astoria,
Forest Grove, Klamath-Lake, North Cascade, Southwest Oregon,
Tillamook, West Oregon or Western Lane district.
(2) If harvesting from state forestlands in any forest district
identified in subsection (1) of this section cannot be conducted
at a level that at a minimum equals 85 percent of the annual
amount of harvestable timber expected to be grown on state
forestlands in that district, the State Forester shall manage the
state forestlands in the districts described in subsection (1) of
this section to produce a total timber harvest from state
forestlands in those districts that, measured in million board
feet, at a minimum equals 85 percent of the total annual amount
of harvestable timber expected to be grown on state forestlands
in those districts under ORS 527.610 to 527.770.
(3) If state forestlands in a district described in subsection
(1) of this section are exchanged for other lands, the acquired
lands are subject to subsections (1) and (2) of this section in
the same manner and to the same extent that subsections (1) and
(2) of this section applied to the district state forestlands
given in exchange. + }
SECTION 2. { + Section 1 of this 2012 Act applies to timber
harvests and harvestable timber growth in calendar years
beginning on or after January 1, 2013. + }
SECTION 3. { + This 2012 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2012 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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