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Lawmakers, industry debate including forestry in proposed S.60 disaster-relief fund
Summary
Members of the Senate Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry committee discussed Senate bill S.60, weighing whether to include forestry operations in a proposed disaster-relief/resiliency fund, how to pay for it and who would benefit. Agency testimony from the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation was scheduled for the next meeting.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry spent part of its meeting discussing Senate bill S.60 and whether the measure’s emergency-relief fund should explicitly cover forestry operations as well as farms.
Chairman Durfee opened the discussion, saying the committee had received initial testimony and expected more over the next 30 days and that funding the proposed program would require either reallocating budget dollars or raising new revenue. “I wanted just to before we before we launch into our scheduled programming … just wanted to have a chance for the committee to talk a little bit about s 60,” he said.
The committee considered two linked questions: whether forestry should be included in the bill’s language and how any new fund would be financed. A committee member…
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