2009 Senate Bill 602

Transfer forest program jurisdiction to Department of Agriculture

Introduced in the Senate

May 21, 2009

Introduced by Sen. Wayne Kuipers (R-30)

To transfer jurisdiction for various forest programs and tax breaks from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture. This bill affects a law that created a state “Right to Forest Act,” establishing that forestry operations are not a public or private nuisance if they conform to generally accepted forestry management procedures.

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Bioeconomy