127th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 388		LR 1621(02)
	An Act Regarding Timber Harvesting on Land Managed by the Bureau of Parks and Lands
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential current biennium cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill limits timber harvesting on certain land to not exceed in total an average of 141,500 cords per year over any two year period. The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (ACF) may adopt rules to set a different harvesting level if an independent timber inventory conducted after July 1, 2015 establishes a different sustainable harvest. ACF would incur rulemaking costs of $3,700 in the fiscal year in which the rulemaking took place. ACF has sufficient resources to absorb these costs.