IN SB0063 | 2020 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-16 - Senator Stoops added as coauthor
Pending: Senate Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

State forest commission and management plan. Establishes the Indiana state forest commission. Specifies the membership of the state forest commission. Requires the state forest commission to meet in 2020, 2021, and 2022 and to issue a written report establishing a plan for the management of the state forests for the 100 year period beginning in 2023. Provides that the state forest commission's plan must contain certain recommendations and must embody certain principles. Requires the state forest commission to set forth in its report the subjects discussed and issues raised concerning which the general assembly may choose to pass legislation. Requires the natural resources commission to adopt rules incorporating the state forest commission's determination about the percentage of state forest land falling within each of the three "priority use" categories. Requires the natural resources commission, every seven years, to conduct a review of the implementation of the state forest commission's plan and to adopt rules to revise the plan, as appropriate.

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Title

State forest commission and management plan.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2020-01-16SenateSenator Stoops added as coauthor
2020-01-09SenateSenator Tomes added as coauthor
2020-01-07SenateSenator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
2020-01-06SenateFirst reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
2020-01-06SenateAuthored by Senators Ruckelshaus, Bassler, Walker

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