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Hearing: bill would classify portable sawmill operations as agricultural practice
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony on HB413 to declare portable, trailer-mounted sawmills an agricultural practice when operated on agriculturally zoned land; the committee did not vote and planned a follow-up meeting.
Members of the Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee heard testimony on HB413, a bill that would define portable sawmill operations as an agricultural practice when the work occurs on agriculturally zoned property.
Representative Jenkins, the bill sponsor, said the measure seeks to protect small and urban farms by letting farmers mill timber on agriculturally zoned land: the bill “defines portable sawmill…
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