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Committee advances bill to protect prescribed burning and clarify local restrictions
Summary
House Bill 983 would clarify state code to prevent municipalities and counties from restricting prescribed burning conducted for forest health, fuel mitigation, habitat improvement, timber site prep and longleaf pine management; sponsors said the change resolves local confusion about 'understory' when overstory is removed.
Representative Hagan presented House Bill 983 (LC600230), saying the commission requested code language to reduce confusion about what constitutes prescribed burning and to protect its use for forest health and community safety. "Prescribed burns are a very important way that we can…
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