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AL HB405
Bill
Status
4/22/2010
Primary Sponsor
Chad Fincher
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 9-13-60 of the Alabama Code to establish Class A misdemeanor penalties for crimes involving timber and forest products, including unauthorized cutting, removal, transportation, purchase, or sale.
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Makes it unlawful to alter or cause a weight measuring device to give a false reading of forest products for the purpose of deceiving or defrauding any person, firm, or corporation.
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Defines "forest products" to include timber, trees, logs, lumber, pine straw, woody biomass, and other forest products on public or private land in the state.
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Exempts utilities or corporations providing electric service and their employees, contractors, agents, and representatives acting within the scope of their employment from application of this law.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor; House passed March 11, 2010, Senate passed April 22, 2010.
Legislative Description
Timber and forest products, altering a weight measuring device prohibited, penalties, unauthorized cutting, removal, transportation, sale, or purchase of timber and other forest products designated Class A misdemeanor, exception for electric utility workers, Sec. 9-13-60 am'd.
Forestry
Last Action
Delivered to Governor at 3:20 p.m. on April 22, 2010.
4/22/2010