Read first time 01/12/10.   Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.

     AN ACT Relating to modifying reporting requirements for timber purchases; amending RCW 84.33.088; and providing an expiration date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 84.33.088 and 2007 c 47 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A purchaser of privately owned timber in an amount in excess of two hundred thousand board feet in a voluntary sale made in the ordinary course of business shall, on or before the last day of the month following the purchase of the timber, report the particulars of the purchase to the department as required in subsection (2) of this section.
     (2) The report required in subsection (1) of this section must contain all information relevant to the value of the timber purchased including, but not limited to, the following, as applicable: Purchaser's name ((and)), address, and contact information; seller's name, address, and contact information; sale date((,)); termination date in sale agreement((,)); total sale price((,)); legal description of sale area, sale name if applicable; forest practice application/harvest permit number if available; total acreage involved in the sale((,)); estimated net volume of timber purchased((, legal description of the area involved in the sale,)) by tree species and log grade; and description and value of property improvements. For the purposes of this subsection property improvements may include, but are not limited to: Road construction or road improvements ((required or completed, timber cruise data, and timber thinning data)), reforestation, land clearing, stock piling of rock, or any other agreed upon property improvement. A report may be submitted in any reasonable form or, at the purchaser's option, by submitting relevant excerpts of the timber sales contract. A purchaser may comply by submitting the information in the following form:

Purchaser's name, address, and contact information: . . . . . . . . . . . .
((Purchaser's)) Seller's name, address, and contact information: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sale date: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Termination date: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total sale price: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Legal description of sale area: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sale name (if applicable): . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forest practice application/Harvest permit
number (if available): . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total acreage involved: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Estimated net volume of timber purchased by tree species
and log grade: . . . . . . . . . . . .
((Legal description of sale area: . . . . . . . . . . . . ))
Description and value of property improvements, such as road construction or road improvements, reforestation, land clearing, stock piling of rock, or any other agreed upon property improvement: . . . . . . . . . . . .
((Timber cruise data: . . . . . . . . . . . .
Timber thinning data: . . . . . . . . . . . . ))

     (3) A purchaser of privately owned timber involved in a purchase described in subsection (1) of this section, who fails to report a purchase as required, may be liable for a penalty of two hundred fifty dollars for each failure to report, as determined by the department.
     (4) Privately purchased timber reports are confidential taxpayer information under RCW 82.32.330.
     (5) This section expires July 1, ((2010)) 2014.