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SB 428 Forestry, Department of; limits payments from timber sales to localities.

Introduced by: Frank M. Ruff, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Payments from timber sales.  Limits the payment made to localities by the Department of Forestry to one-fourth of the gross proceeds derived solely from the sale of timber harvested on state forest lands, except the Counties of Appomattox, Buckingham, and Cumberland, which receive one-eighth of the gross proceeds from the timber sales. Currently, localities receive one-fourth of the gross proceeds from revenue generated by any revenue-generating activity occurring on state forest lands. This bill is identical to HB 995.


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