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Committee approves bill changing registered-forester composition for Arkansas Forestry Commission hearings

2350023 · February 19, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 1487 would set the registered-forester representation on the commission’s registered foresters committee to exactly three commissioners plus non-commissioned ad hoc members and a UAM representative; the committee passed the bill by voice vote.

Representative Howard Beatty presented House Bill 1487 to the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development, saying the measure would amend the composition of the committee that reviews registered forester applicants, rulemaking and disciplinary matters.

Beatty said Act 691 of 2023 created the registered foresters committee and…

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