SB 253: "An Act relating to five-year schedules of timber sales planned on land managed by the Department of Natural Resources; and providing for an effective date."
00SENATE BILL NO. 253 01 "An Act relating to five-year schedules of timber sales planned on land managed 02 by the Department of Natural Resources; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 38.05.113(a) is amended to read: 05 (a) Every two years, the [THE] department shall [ANNUALLY] prepare 06 a five-year schedule of timber sales planned on all land managed by the 07 department. The timber sale schedule must provide a time line that identifies 08 timber sales, their amounts, and their locations and must be sufficient to provide 09 the public and the forest products industry with a basis to comment on future 10 sale offerings. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 38.05.113(b) is amended to read: 12 (b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, a proposed sale may not be 13 held unless it has been included in the [TWO] five-year schedule 14 [SCHEDULES] preceding the sale.