2016 House Bill 6040

Impose licensure mandate on professional foresters

Introduced in the House

Nov. 9, 2016

Introduced by Rep. Bruce Rendon (R-103)

To impose a new licensure mandate on professional foresters (styled by the bill as registration), with a $200 fee, regulations, education and experience requirements, and more. The bill would create a state board comprised of officials and individuals currently in this or related businesses, to devise specific rules, requirements and restrictions. The mandate would be in the state natural resources and environment law, not the state occupations code.

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources