SB284 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

J.T. WaggonerSenator

Republican

Co-Sponsors

George M. “Marc” KeaheyJimmy HolleyGreg J. ReedClay ScofieldGerald O. DialTom Whatley

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Timber and forest products, crime of willful removal of timber and other forest products by deception, Class A misdemeanor, Sec. 9-13-60 am'd.

Summary

SB284 adds deception-based removal of timber or forest products as an unlawful act punishable as a Class A misdemeanor and notes local-funding rule exemptions for this bill.

What This Bill Does

It creates a new unlawful act: removing timber or forest products by deception. This act is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor under existing penalties. It clarifies that the bill creates a new crime, thus it is exempt from certain local-funding requirements, and it specifies an effective date after passage. Utilities and their employees are exempt from the provisions of this act.

Who It Affects

• Individuals who remove timber or forest products without authorization or by deception (subject to Class A misdemeanor penalties).
• Timber or forest-product landowners who are protected from deceptive removals; utility providers and their employees are exempt from enforcement under this act.

Key Provisions

• Adds new subsection (7) to Section 9-13-60 to prohibit removal of timber or forest products by deception.
• Defines the offense as a Class A misdemeanor, with penalties as provided by law.
• Uses deception as defined in Section 13A-8-1 to determine the violation.
• Exempts utilities and their employees acting within the course of their duties from this section.
• States the bill is exempt from Amendment 621 local-funding requirements because it creates a new crime, and sets the effective date as the first day of the third month after passage.

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Subjects

Forestry