All Forest And Forest Products Legislation - Tennessee

Companion 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 [...]

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Companion 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 [...]

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Companion 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 [...]

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Companion 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 [...]

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Companion 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 [...]

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Companion 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 [...]

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Companion 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 [...]

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Companion 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 [...]

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