Virginia House Bill 2249 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Timber sales; theft; accounting; penalty. Provides that a person who buys and removes timber from a landowner's property is guilty of larceny if he fails to pay the landowner by the date specified in their agreement, or if there is no written agreement, within 60 days of removing the timber. The bill provides that a person who is convicted of larceny of timber shall be ordered to pay three times the value of the timber removed. An exception exists for a purchaser who made timely payment to a person he believed in good faith to be the rightful owner of the timber. The bill also provides that, following the passing of the payment deadline, a buyer's failure to pay within 10 days of receiving a demand for payment shall constitute prima facie evidence of the buyer's intent to violate the larceny provision.

Timber sales; theft, accounting, penalty.

Del. Terry Austin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2019-01-16	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2
2019-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2019-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101481D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	1	1105	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2249
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2249+hil