SB 6236 - DIGEST

Allows the department of natural resources to: (1) Maintain a list of all potential sources of forest biomass on state lands for the purposes of identifying and making forest biomass available for sale, exploration, collection, processing, storage, stockpiling, and conversion into energy, biofuels, for use in a biorefinery, or any other similar use;

(2) Enter forest biomass supply contracts;

(3) Authorize the sale of forest biomass; and

(4) Lease state lands, under certain circumstances, for the purpose of the sale, exploration, collection, processing, storage, stockpiling, and conversion of biomass into energy or biofuels, the development of a biorefinery, or for any other resource use derived from biomass.