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Committee approves HB413 to classify portable sawmills as agricultural practice
Summary
The committee passed HB413 to clarify that portable/mobile sawmills operating on agricultural land are protected as agricultural practices, preventing local governments from treating them as regulated operations.
The House Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee voted to advance HB413, a bill that amends Chapter 1, Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia to clarify that portable sawmills operating on agricultural land are an agricultural practice and therefore not subject to local regulation of crop management or animal husbandry.
Representative David Jenkins, who presented the bill, said the change intends to protect small farmers who supplement income with mobile…
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