HB189 Alabama 2023 Session

Updated Apr 17, 2023

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2023

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Joe Lovvorn Representative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2023
Title: Relating to the Alabama Forestry Commission; to establish the Rural Logging Efficiency Act of 2023; to create the Logging Efficiency Grant Fund to be administered by the Alabama Forestry Commission; and to provide for the distribution of funding to the Alabama Forestry Commission to support rural economic development.
Description: Under existing law, the first 85 percent of the proceeds from the state license tax on certain public utilities is allocated to the Special Mental Health Fund and the remaining 15 percent is allocated to the State General Fund.
This bill would further provide for the distribution of those funds by crediting a portion to the Alabama Forestry Commission to be distributed for the purposes of providing grants for logging workforce development, researching, and implementing technologies that promote forest product harvesting and transportation efficiencies, and to counties for maintaining and constructing public rural bridges.