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H0043...........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
Requested by: Department of Lands
FOREST LAND OWNERS - Amends existing law to allow the State Board of Land
Commissioners to increase the annual assessment for private owners of forest
lands whose total acres of forest lands are twenty-six acres or more from five
cents per acre to a maximum of ten cents per acre.
01/06 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
Rpt prt - to Res/Con
02/12 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/13 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/17 3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-0-3
AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bedke, Bell, Bieter,
Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins,
Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Douglas, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg,
Kulczyk, Lake, Langford, Langhorst, Martinez, McGeachin, McKague, Meyer,
Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Naccarato, Nielsen, Raybould, Ridinger, Ring,
Ringo, Roberts, Robison, Rydalch, Sayler, Schaefer(Schaefer), Shepherd,
Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson,
Tilman, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Eberle, Henbest, Sali
Floor Sponsor - Campbell
Title apvd - to Senate
02/18 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
03/06 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/07 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/11 3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw,
Calabretta, Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde,
Hill, Ingram, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley,
McKenzie, McWilliams, Noble, Noh, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder,
Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsor - Little
Title apvd - to House
03/12 To enrol
03/13 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/14 Pres signed
03/17 To Governor
Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 78
Effective: 07/01/03
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session - 2003IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 43 BY MR. SPEAKER Requested by: Department of Lands 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO FOREST PRACTICES ADMINISTRATION; AMENDING SECTION 38-134, IDAHO 3 CODE, TO ALLOW THE STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS TO INCREASE THE 4 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR PRIVATE OWNERS OF FOREST LANDS WHOSE TOTAL ACRES OF 5 FOREST LANDS ARE TWENTY-SIX ACRES OR MORE FROM FIVE CENTS PER ACRE TO A 6 MAXIMUM OF TEN CENTS PER ACRE. 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 8 SECTION 1. That Section 38-134, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 9 amended to read as follows: 10 38-134. FOREST PRACTICES ACT ADMINISTRATION -- FUNDING. The director of 11 the department of lands is charged in section 38-1305, Idaho Code, to adminis- 12 ter and enforce the forest practices act on all private forest lands within 13 the state. Funding for this activity shall come from an annual budget request 14 from the general account and from an annual assessment to be paid by every 15 private owner of forest land in the state. The assessment for private owners 16 of forest lands whose total acres of forest lands are twenty-five (25) acres 17 or fewer shall be a sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25), and for 18 private owners of forest lands whose total acres of forest lands are twenty- 19 six (26) acres or more, the assessment shall be determined by the state board 20 of land commissioners not exceedfiveten cents (510) an acre per year. The 21 assessment shall be collected in the same fashion and at the same time as the 22 forest protection assessment described in section 38-111, Idaho Code.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 12312
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 allow the State Board of Land Commissioners to increase the
landowner assessment for forest protection from $0.05/acre to a maximum of
$.10/acre. The forest landowner assessments are deposited into the Forest
Practices Administration dedicated account.
The intent of this amendment is to allow the State Board of Land Commissioners
to phase in this increase over several years instead of all at once.
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, Director
Agency: Lands, Dept of
Phone: 208-334-0238
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