Sec. 2. Report on safety efforts. By January 15, 2005 and by January 15th of each year thereafter, representatives of a trade association designated by forest landowners and forest management companies engaged in the practice of reforestation work shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over labor matters on a safety program designed to provide training, including driver training, first aid training and other appropriate safety training, and to improve safety standards, safety equipment and vehicles in reforestation activities. The report must include, but not be limited to, the number of contractors participating in the safety program in relation to the number operating in the State and a thorough summary of the substance of the training.

Sec. 3. Working group. The Commissioner of Labor shall convene a working group of interested persons, including, but not limited to, forestry industry representatives, representatives of forestry workers and representatives of the workers' compensation insurance industry to determine what data are available that reflect the safety conditions of forestry workers and related matters and what additional data should reasonably be collected to assess and improve safety conditions. By February 15, 2005, the commissioner shall report on the results of the working group's work and shall recommend to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over labor matters a system of regularly collecting and reporting such information to policy makers to help inform their efforts to improve safety in the forestry industry.