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Lawmakers debate timber-tax relief for conserved family timber farms; sponsors propose sunset and targeted aid
Summary
Majority leader Chuck Efstration presented HR 1000 to eliminate timber severance tax for land held in conservation use, proposing a 10-year sunset as an alternative; senators questioned precedent, local fiscal backfill and overlap with federal disaster relief after Hurricane Helene.
The committee heard an extended presentation on a timber-tax relief proposal intended to help family timber farms facing economic stress after mill closures and storm damage. Majority leader Chuck Efstration framed HR 1000 (and an alternative with a 10-year sunset) as a narrowly targeted relief measure: elimination of the timber severance tax for standing timber on land that remains in conservation…
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