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Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3951. Taxes, Real Property - Revises various provisions under the Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act; requires aggregation of parcels owned by artificial entities that have at least 50 percent common ownership; authorizes late filing of applications for classification of land; makes other changes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 10. Fiscal Summary for *HB3871 / SB3951 Increase Local Revenue - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3871 / SB3951 The Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act provides reduced property taxes for land classified as agricultural, forest, or open space land. Present law provides that no person may place more than 1,500 acres of land within any one taxing jurisdiction for purposes of the Act. This bill provides that for purposes of determining the maximum acreage limit, a parcel will [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/01/2008 - Recommended For Passage Referred to: Senate Calendar Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3871. Taxes, Real Property - Revises various provisions under the Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act; requires aggregation of parcels owned by artificial entities that have at least 50 percent common ownership; authorizes late filing of applications for classification of land; makes other changes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 10. Fiscal Summary for SB3951 / *HB3871 Increase Local Revenue - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB3951 / *HB3871 The Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act provides reduced property taxes for land classified as agricultural, forest, or open space land. Present law provides that no person may place more than 1,500 acres of land within any one taxing jurisdiction for purposes of the Act. This bill provides that for purposes of determining the maximum acreage limit, a parcel will [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. Bill TextForest and Forest Products - Requires foresters to create 100-foot permanent buffer zone around each 50 acres of pine plantings. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for *HB0608 / SB1437 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill TextForest and Forest Products - Requires foresters to create 100-foot permanent buffer zone around each 50 acres of pine plantings. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for SB1437 / *HB0608 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Budget of Finance, Ways and Means to 6/7/2007 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1686. Taxes, Sales - States explicitly that sales tax exemption for gasoline and diesel fuel used for agricultural purposes, as provided by 67-6-329(a)(1), also applies to gasoline and diesel fuel used by loggers for off-road purposes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB1906 / *SB1686(CORRECTED) Decrease State Revenues - $65,000 / Highway Fund $2,000 / General Fund Decrease Local Govt. Revenues - $23,000 Bill Summary for HB1906 / *SB1686 Present law imposes a tax of 20 cents per gallon on gasoline. A person who uses any taxable gasoline for agricultural purposes on which the gasoline tax has been paid is entitled to a refund of the gasoline tax, except 1 cent per gallon. Present law defines "agricultural purposes" as operating tractors or other farm [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1906. Taxes, Sales - States explicitly that sales tax exemption for gasoline and diesel fuel used for agricultural purposes, as provided by 67-6-329(a)(1), also applies to gasoline and diesel fuel used by loggers for off-road purposes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *SB1686 / HB1906(CORRECTED) Decrease State Revenues - $65,000 / Highway Fund $2,000 / General Fund Decrease Local Govt. Revenues - $23,000 Bill Summary for *SB1686 / HB1906 Present law imposes a tax of 20 cents per gallon on gasoline. A person who uses any taxable gasoline for agricultural purposes on which the gasoline tax has been paid is entitled to a refund of the gasoline tax, except 1 cent per gallon. Present law defines "agricultural purposes" as operating tractors or other farm [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Environment of CON Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1435. Water Pollution - Places certain restrictions within a streamside management zone during logging operations adjacent to perennial or intermittent streams. - Amends TCA Title 11 and Title 69. Fiscal Summary for *HB0605 / SB1435 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0605 / SB1435 This bill requires owners and operators of facilities or activities from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants to clearly mark and leave a streamside management zone during logging operations conducted adjacent to perennial or intermittent streams. The width of the zone must be at least 25 feet from the disturbed area to the bank. The total minimum width would be 50 feet, to include both sides of the stream. Under this bill, the removal of trees within the zone would be prohibited if removal would [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/09/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0605. Water Pollution - Places certain restrictions within a streamside management zone during logging operations adjacent to perennial or intermittent streams. - Amends TCA Title 11 and Title 69. Fiscal Summary for SB1435 / *HB0605 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB1435 / *HB0605 This bill requires owners and operators of facilities or activities from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants to clearly mark and leave a streamside management zone during logging operations conducted adjacent to perennial or intermittent streams. The width of the zone must be at least 25 feet from the disturbed area to the bank. The total minimum width would be 50 feet, to include both sides of the stream. Under this bill, the removal of trees within the zone would be prohibited if removal would [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Received from Senate, held on House desk. Bill TextSunset Laws - State forestry commission, June 30, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 11, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for *SB2511 / HB2693 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 05/02/2008 - Placed on Calendar Calendar & Rules Committee for 05/06/2008 Bill TextSunset Laws - State forestry commission, June 30, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 11, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for HB2693 / *SB2511 MINIMAL
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Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3951. Taxes, Real Property - Revises various provisions under the Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act; requires aggregation of parcels owned by artificial entities that have at least 50 percent common ownership; authorizes late filing of applications for classification of land; makes other changes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 10. Fiscal Summary for *HB3871 / SB3951 Increase Local Revenue - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3871 / SB3951 The Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act provides reduced property taxes for land classified as agricultural, forest, or open space land. Present law provides that no person may place more than 1,500 acres of land within any one taxing jurisdiction for purposes of the Act. This bill provides that for purposes of determining the maximum acreage limit, a parcel will [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/01/2008 - Recommended For Passage Referred to: Senate Calendar Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3871. Taxes, Real Property - Revises various provisions under the Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act; requires aggregation of parcels owned by artificial entities that have at least 50 percent common ownership; authorizes late filing of applications for classification of land; makes other changes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 10. Fiscal Summary for SB3951 / *HB3871 Increase Local Revenue - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB3951 / *HB3871 The Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act provides reduced property taxes for land classified as agricultural, forest, or open space land. Present law provides that no person may place more than 1,500 acres of land within any one taxing jurisdiction for purposes of the Act. This bill provides that for purposes of determining the maximum acreage limit, a parcel will [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/01/2008 - Failed In: Agriculture Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3125. Forest and Forest Products - Requires property owner and harvester of timber to have documentation of property boundaries. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 4 and Title 43, Chapter 28, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for HB3296 / *SB3125Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3296 / *SB3125 This bill requires any owner of property upon which timber is harvested, and any person harvesting timber upon the property, to provide upon request a legal description of the property. Any person who fails to provide the legal description as required by this bill would commit a Class C misdemeanor punishable only by a fine of $500. The penalty imposed by this bill would be in addition to the civil liability that is imposed on persons who cut timber from the property [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate C,L&A Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3296. Forest and Forest Products - Requires property owner and harvester of timber to have documentation of property boundaries. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 4 and Title 43, Chapter 28, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for *SB3125 / HB3296Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB3125 / HB3296 This bill requires any owner of property upon which timber is harvested, and any person harvesting timber upon the property, to provide upon request a legal description of the property. Any person who fails to provide the legal description as required by this bill would commit a Class C misdemeanor punishable only by a fine of $500. The penalty imposed by this bill would be in addition to the civil liability that is imposed on persons who cut timber from the property [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/02/2008 - Placed on Calendar Calendar & Rules Committee for 05/06/2008 Bill TextSunset Laws - State forestry commission, June 30, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 11, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for HB2693 / *SB2511 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Received from Senate, held on House desk. Bill TextSunset Laws - State forestry commission, June 30, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 11, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for *SB2511 / HB2693 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Budget of Finance, Ways and Means to 6/7/2007 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1686. Taxes, Sales - States explicitly that sales tax exemption for gasoline and diesel fuel used for agricultural purposes, as provided by 67-6-329(a)(1), also applies to gasoline and diesel fuel used by loggers for off-road purposes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB1906 / *SB1686(CORRECTED) Decrease State Revenues - $65,000 / Highway Fund $2,000 / General Fund Decrease Local Govt. Revenues - $23,000 Bill Summary for HB1906 / *SB1686 Present law imposes a tax of 20 cents per gallon on gasoline. A person who uses any taxable gasoline for agricultural purposes on which the gasoline tax has been paid is entitled to a refund of the gasoline tax, except 1 cent per gallon. Present law defines "agricultural purposes" as operating tractors or other farm [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill TextForest and Forest Products - Requires foresters to create 100-foot permanent buffer zone around each 50 acres of pine plantings. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for SB1437 / *HB0608 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1906. Taxes, Sales - States explicitly that sales tax exemption for gasoline and diesel fuel used for agricultural purposes, as provided by 67-6-329(a)(1), also applies to gasoline and diesel fuel used by loggers for off-road purposes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *SB1686 / HB1906(CORRECTED) Decrease State Revenues - $65,000 / Highway Fund $2,000 / General Fund Decrease Local Govt. Revenues - $23,000 Bill Summary for *SB1686 / HB1906 Present law imposes a tax of 20 cents per gallon on gasoline. A person who uses any taxable gasoline for agricultural purposes on which the gasoline tax has been paid is entitled to a refund of the gasoline tax, except 1 cent per gallon. Present law defines "agricultural purposes" as operating tractors or other farm [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/09/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate E,C&T Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0605. Water Pollution - Places certain restrictions within a streamside management zone during logging operations adjacent to perennial or intermittent streams. - Amends TCA Title 11 and Title 69. Fiscal Summary for SB1435 / *HB0605 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB1435 / *HB0605 This bill requires owners and operators of facilities or activities from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants to clearly mark and leave a streamside management zone during logging operations conducted adjacent to perennial or intermittent streams. The width of the zone must be at least 25 feet from the disturbed area to the bank. The total minimum width would be 50 feet, to include both sides of the stream. Under this bill, the removal of trees within the zone would be prohibited if removal would [...] show full description
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