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H0417........................................................by MR. SPEAKER Requested by: Department of Lands FOREST LAND - Amends existing law to increase the maximum annual assessment for the administration and enforcement of the Forest Practices Act for private owners of forest lands. 01/07 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing Rpt prt - to Res/Con
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 417 BY MR. SPEAKER Requested by: Department of Lands 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION OF THE FOREST PRACTICES ACT; AMENDING SECTION 3 38-134, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE 4 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE FOREST PRACTICES ACT FOR CERTAIN 5 PRIVATE OWNERS. 6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 SECTION 1. That Section 38-134, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 8 amended to read as follows: 9 38-134. FOREST PRACTICES ACT ADMINISTRATION -- FUNDING. The director of 10 the department of lands is charged in section 38-1305, Idaho Code, to adminis- 11 ter and enforce the forest practices act on all private forest lands within 12 the state. Funding for this activity shall come from an annual budget request 13 from the general account and from an annual assessment to be paid by every 14 private owner of forest land in the state. The assessment for private owners 15 of forest lands whose total acres of forest lands are twenty-five (25) acres 16 or fewer shall be a sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25), and for 17 private owners of forest lands whose total acres of forest lands are twenty- 18 six (26) acres or more, the assessment shall not exceedfiveten cents (510) 19 an acre per year. The assessment shall be collected in the same fashion and at 20 the same time as the forest protection assessment described in section 38-111, 21 Idaho Code.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 11439 The Idaho Forest Practices Act (Idaho Code Title 38, Chapter 13) is designed to ensure that forest practices on state, private, and federal lands in Idaho are conducted so that site productivity and water quality are protected. An important element is the Idaho Cumulative Watershed Effects program that is integral to TMDL development on water quality limited stream segments. The Forest Practices Act administration costs are paid from a combination of general funds, and forest landowner assessments. The cash balance in the Forest Practices Administration dedicated account has been depleted to the point that an increase in collections is needed. The proposed legislation amends Section 38- 134, Idaho Code, to increase the landowner assessment for forest protection from $0.05/acre to $.10/acre. The forest landowner assessments are deposited into the Forest Practices Administration dedicated account. FISCAL IMPACT Revenues from forest landowner assessments will increase from about $210,000 to $420,000 per year. These monies are deposited in the forest protection dedicated account and utilized to defray forest practices administration costs. CONTACT Name: Winston Wiggins Agency: Lands, Dept of Phone: 334-0238 Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact H0417