2005 Senate Bill 917 ↩

House Roll Call 958: Passed

To establish an annual specific tax for commercial forestland that is subject to a sustainable forest conservation easement which would be 15 cents less than for commercial forestland not subject to the sustainability agreement. The bill would also require nonrefundable application fee to enter land into the program of $2 per acre, subject to a minimum of $200 and a maximum of $1,000, and impose penalties if the sustainability agreement were violated.