HOUSE BILL No. 5453

November 29, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Casperson, Schuitmaker, Stahl, Booher, Robertson, Emmons, Huizenga, Elsenheimer, Taub and Walker and referred to the Committee on Conservation, Forestry, and Outdoor Recreation.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 52512.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 52512. (1) When the department evaluates acreage within

 

the state forest for purposes of management activities, the

 

department shall put all acreage that has been evaluated by the

 

department up for timber sale during the state fiscal year in which

 

the acreage is evaluated except for acreage restricted from timber

 

sales by state or federal law.

 

     (2) When the department puts timber sales up for bid under

 

this section, the department shall provide to all bidders, for

 

educational purposes only, the acreage included in the timber sale

 

that was identified by the department prior to the effective date

 

of the amendatory act that added this section as containing factor

 


limits.

 

     Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.

 

04958'05) of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.