HB 2481-S2 - DIGEST |
(DIGEST AS ENACTED) |
Allows the department of natural resources to: (1) Maintain a list of all potential sources of forest biomass on state lands; |
(2) Enter forest biomass supply contracts; |
(3) Authorize the sale of forest biomass; |
(4) Lease state lands, under certain circumstances; and |
(5) Establish a five-year forest health and fuel reduction supply agreement demonstration project. |
Requires the department of natural resources to: (1) Evaluate how the supply agreements could be used to sustain or create rural jobs and timber manufacturing infrastructure and to sell state timber to traditional types of timber purchasers; and |
(2) Conduct a survey of scientific literature regarding the carbon neutrality of forest biomass. |