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Hearing held on bill to classify portable sawmills as agricultural practice on farmland
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony on a bill that would define portable sawmill operations as agricultural practices on agriculturally zoned land, protecting small urban and rural farms that mill timber onsite.
The committee held a hearing on a bill that would amend state code to classify portable sawmill operations as an agricultural practice when performed on property zoned for agriculture.
Representative Jenkins, the bill sponsor, said the measure would protect small and urban farms that use trailer-mounted portable sawmills to mill timber onsite. "This bill defines portable sawmill operations as an agricultural practice because the production of timber…
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