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Committee approves Forestry Commission code cleanup, allows forestry to acquire timberland

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The House Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Committee approved amendments and passage of a bill from the State Commission of Forestry that repeals obsolete sections of law and adds language allowing the commission to acquire timberland as well as submarginal agricultural lands.

The House Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Committee voted to adopt an amendment and pass a bill containing statutory housekeeping changes recommended by the State Commission of Forestry.

Representative Hadden, who presented the measure as originating from the State Commission of Forestry, said the changes were drawn from the commission’s final report and are intended to repeal obsolete code sections and…

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