SB 63 Indiana Senate · 2020 Regular Session

State forest commission and management plan.

Summary
Establishes the Indiana state forest commission. Specifies the membership of the state forest commission. Requires the state forest commission to meet in 2020, 2021, and 2022 and to issue a written report establishing a plan for the management of the state forests for the 100 year period beginning in 2023. Provides that the state forest commission's plan must contain certain recommendations and must embody certain principles. Requires the state forest commission to set forth in its report the subjects discussed and issues raised concerning which the general assembly may choose to pass legislation. Requires the natural resources commission to adopt rules incorporating the state forest commission's determination about the percentage of state forest land falling within each of the three "priority use" categories. Requires the natural resources commission, every seven years, to conduct a review of the implementation of the state forest commission's plan and to adopt rules to revise the plan, as appropriate.
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Jan 2020
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Introduced Jan 6, 2020 Last action Jan 16, 2020
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