2004 Senate Bill 1024 (Require sustainable forestry by DNR)

Public Act 124 of 2004

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• Introduced by Sen. Michelle McManus on February 26, 2004, to revise the composition of the board of the Michigan forest finance authority to include representatives of forest products industries. The board governs a state forest development fund. The bill also revises the uses of that fund to include payments in lieu of taxes to local governments on state forestland, maintenance of certification of sustainable forestry standards in the state forest, and assistance to private landowners for forest management activities. The bill is part of a legislative package comprised of Senate Bills 1022 to 1024, which would require state forest management to be based on sustainable forestry principles, and requires the state to seek forest certification from an independent third party organization. House Bills 5552 to 5554 are the same bills.
  • Referred to the Senate Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism Committee on February 26, 2004.
  • Reported in the Senate on May 4, 2004, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on May 5, 2004, to replace the previous version of the bill with one containing technical changes that do not affect its substance as previously described, and to tie-bar the bill to House Bill 5554 instead of SB 1023. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on May 5, 2004.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Liz Brater on May 6, 2004, to eliminate the tie-bar to Senate Bill 1023, which would establish four private management forest pilot project areas . The amendment failed in the Senate by voice vote on May 6, 2004.
• Passed in the Senate (26 to 11) on May 6, 2004. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on May 6, 2004.
  • Referred to the House Agriculture and Resource Management Committee on May 6, 2004.
  • Reported in the House on May 11, 2004, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Tom Casperson on May 12, 2004, to revise the order of some of the bills provision, but not remove or add any provisions. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on May 12, 2004.
• Passed in the House (90 to 18) on May 12, 2004, to revise the composition of the board of the Michigan forest finance authority to include representatives of forest products industries. The board governs a state forest development fund. The bill also revises the uses of that fund to include payments in lieu of taxes to local governments on state forestland, maintenance of certification of sustainable forestry standards in the state forest, and assistance to private landowners for forest management activities. The bill is part of a legislative package comprised of Senate Bills 1023 and House Bill 5554, which would require state forest management to be based on sustainable forestry principles, and requires the state to seek forest certification from an independent third party organization. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on May 13, 2004. Passed in the Senate (25 to 13) on May 13, 2004. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on May 28, 2004.

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Introduced by Sen. Michelle McManus on February 26, 2004. Passed in the Senate (26 to 11) on May 6, 2004. New Comment